Promoting investment in agriculture for increased production and productivity /

• Main Authors: Syed, Saifullah, (Author), Miyazako, Masahiro, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rome, Italy : Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : FAO ; CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Finance. > Developing countries; Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries.; Agricultural Economics.; Policy and Planning.; Investment, Finance and Credit.; Agricultural development.; Agricultural policy.; Agricultural sector.; Agroindustrial sector.; Capital formation.; Development aid.; Foreign investment.; Investment.; Private investment.; Public investment.
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• Item Description: "Prepared under the Japan Trust Fund project Support to Study on Appropriate Policy Measures to Increase Investment in Agriculture and to Stimulate Food Production."
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 92 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book identifies drivers of investment and then analyses policy options that cause those drivers to channel investment into agriculture in developing countries. Chapter 2 presents the concept and definition of investment in general, and chapter 3 analyses investment in agriculture. Chapter 4 presents levels and trends of current investment in agriculture at the global and national level. Chapter 5 describes the different investors who invest for capital formation at the farm level and their relative contributions. It focuses on the private sector, the public sector, official development assistance and foreign direct investment (FDI). Chapter 6 discusses the drivers of investment for farm-level capital formation and in agro-industry. Chapter 7 looks at ways to promote investment for on-farm capital formation, investment by the public sector, investment in agro-industry and FDI.