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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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 pre...

Table of Contents:

• The concept and definition of investment
• Investment in agriculture for increased production and productivity
• Empirical measurement of investment in agriculture : the evidence from available data and information
• Who invests for farm-level capital formation?
• Drivers of investment in agriculture for increased production and productivity
• Promoting investment for increased agricultural production and productivity.