Rice is increasingly significant in the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Climate Change Action Plan (2021–2025), focusing on climate-smart rice-farming systems and value chains. At COP28 in 2023, the World Bank...
Rice is a crucial staple food globally, but its cultivation demands significant land and water resources and contributes to over 10 percent of human-induced methane emissions. Sustainable rice production...
Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) is an innovative IFC-led, funded by EC program, that is expanding access to insurance for natural disasters and weather risks in developing countries.
The project development objective is to increase agricultural productivity and improve water resources management throughout Sindh province through a series of projects. The present environmental and social...
Cashew is an important crop for farmers in Mozambique, with 1.3 million households growing cashew and a total of 6.5 million people deriving their livelihoods in-part from cashew. One of the technologies...
O cajú é uma cultura importante para os produtores em Moçambique, 1.3 milhões de famílias que praticam esta cultura e um total de 6.5 milhões de pessoas que em parte dependem do cajú para o seu sustento...
In March 2018, Uganda's Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) formally requested technical assistance from the World Bank Group (WBG) to conduct a technical and diagnostic review...
This paper reviews possibilities for, and experience with, credit-linked crop insurance, including different types of insurance and credit arrangements, ranging from insurance sold to individual farmers...
Agricultural insurance, defined here to include crop and livestock insurance, is an instrument of choice in many countries for helping farmers and rural communities cope with risk. This paper explores...
Years after the agricultural public expenditure review (PER), little progress was achieved towards making the subsidy fund more efficient. The agro-food sector remains critical to meeting Moldova economic...
Agriculture is a key sector in Bangladesh, but it is highly exposed to risks. While agriculture is a source of employment and livelihood for nearly one in two adults in Bangladesh and contributes about...