Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

摘要: Interest in farmland is rising. And, given commodity price volatility, growing human and environmental pressures, worries about food security, this interest will increase, especially the developing world. One of highest development priorities world must be to improve smallholder agricultural productivity, Africa. Smallholder productivity essential for reducing poverty hunger, more better investment technology, infrastructure, market access poor farmers urgently needed. When done right, larger-scale farming systems can also have a place as one many tools promote sustainable rural development, directly support example, throughout grower programs. However, recent press other reports actual or proposed large acquisition by big investors raised serious concerns danger neglecting local rights problems. They questions extent which such transactions provide long-term benefits populations contribute reduction development. Although these are worrying, lack reliable information has made it difficult understand what been actually happening. Against backdrop, World Bank, under leadership Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, along with partners, highlighted need good empirical evidence inform decision makers, countries.