CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA, the body that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, today announced at the inaugural mAgri Working Group in Cape Town, the launch of the mFarmer Initiative Fund, supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Fund will encourage mobile communications service providers, in partnership with other public and private sector agriculture organisations, to use mobile communications to provide information and advisory services to smallholder farmers in developing countries living on under US$2 per day. The mFarmer Initiative Fund, which is part of the GSMA's Mobile Agriculture (mAgri) Programme, will be available over a period of two years. There are over 2.3 billion people living on less than...
... to prove the market opportunity of agricultural extension services through mobile to smallholder f...Improvement in agricultural productivity directly increases food security and income of the...
Announces nearly $200 million in new agriculture grants, bringing foundation total to over $2 billion ROME, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bill Gates, co- chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in developing countries need, when they need it. In a speech delivered at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gates asked the UN bodies responsible for fighting hunger and poverty to unite around a common global target for sustainable productivity growth to guide and measure their efforts.
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... in unprecedented growth in the agricultural economy, and it is my hope that the Obama Administ...,000,000 new middle class consumers in developing countries such as Mexico, India, and China. They a... of how best to increase agricultural productivity in developing countries with Norman Borlaug, the N...
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) today released its final policy issue brief which estimates a $90 billion annual agricultural investment gap and outlines the significant role of the private sector in closing this gap and addressing global food security. The policy issue brief, "Enhancing Private Sector Involvement in Agriculture and Rural Infrastructure Development," points to the private sector as one of the key influencers in creating economic growth, raising global incomes, and feeding a population anticipated to reach nine billion people by 2050.
... gap in the agricultural sector of developing countries, the task of doubling agricultural produ... concern about a growing agricultural productivity gap and the need to protect natural resources whil...
... teaching programs in the food and agricultural sciences to meet major needs and challenges in dev...; food and agricultural system productivity and development of new crops and new uses; the env... of reducing costs and adapting and developing fixtures and appurtenances for more efficient and ... or organizations in foreign countries; or. (E) Entering into agreements with land-grant ...
Says a new report from independent evaluation at multilateral development banks. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG), a network of independent evaluation units of multilateral development banks (MDBs), released today a synthesis evaluation on MDB assistance to Agriculture and Agribusiness. The evaluative lessons assume special significance today as the world faces the possibility of another food crisis, as food prices rose to a record in December on higher costs for sugar, grain and oilseeds. The overarching message in this context concerns the urgency to raise productivity all along the agricultural value chain.
... suffered a slowdown as investments by developing countries and donors declined sharply in the last ...
... immediate humanitarian assistance on countries unable to meet minimum nutritional needs due to a ... availability of key staple foods in developing countries that have the potential to become major ... challenge of how to best increase agricultural productivity in developing countries with Dr. Norm...
... liberalization and improvements in agricultural productivity) to be the solution for food securityy in developing countries, Blakeney (intellectual property law, U....
Introduction. An emerging paradigm for the United States in post-2012 climate negotiations. Existing international framework: UNFCCC & the kyoto protocol. The proposed U.S. Clean technology fund & international climate change adaptation plan: international legal implications. The proposed U.S. Clean technology fund & climate change adaptation plan: international policy implications. Conclusion.
... the continuing needs of developed countries with the growth and development of emerging econom.... The most vulnerable developing countries will likely be the hardest hit by the im... to impacts on "water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timin...
... hunger and poverty by boosting agricultural productivity among smallholder farmers in developiing countries. These farmers make up the majority of the world's..., and to avert future hunger crises in developing countries. The current FY 2011 budget, as negotiat...
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