partnerships to expand mutual learning with other developing member countries (DMCs) in key sectors such as agriculture, natural … to promote modern agriculture, agricultural value chain and logistics system development, bridging of agricultural …

recent gains in poverty reduction. The impact of higher food prices is severe—an additional 112 million people could have … escaped poverty in Asia during the late 2000s if food prices had not increased during the period. Thus, long- and shortterm … strategies are needed to ensure food security and bolster efforts at poverty reduction. Policies to enhance food security that …

with almost no machinery or purchased inputs at all, b) the income of a typical farm household is below a poverty line … unlikely that short- or long-term investment projects in agriculture can be credit funded. Currently, peasant farms are mainly … perspectives concerning a market-oriented, commercial private agriculture. …