Facing new challenges with respect to sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for low-income countries, related to global environmental change

This volume sets out a strategy for raising rural incomes which emphasises the creation of diversified rural economies with opportunities within and outside agr

The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.

A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the

Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost any de