Policies promoting pro-poor agricultural growth are the key to help countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals especially the goal of halving poverty and hunger by 2015. The public sector, private sector, and civil society organizations are working to enhance productivity and competitiveness
Trends in Sustainable Development: Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Desertification and Drought
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