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World development report 2008: agriculture for development

• 01/10/2007
• The World Bank

World Development Report 2008 calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries.The report warns that the sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realized.

• Attachments:
  • wdr2008.pdf
• Tags:
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Development
  • Trade
  • Economy
  • Biofuel
  • GMOs
  • Rural Development
  • Subsidies
  • Poverty
  • Developing Countries
  • Food Security
  • Rural Poverty

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