Independent Evaluation Group2012-03-192012-03-192011978-0-8213-8606-4https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2279The World Bank Group has a unique opportunity to match the increases in financing for agriculture with a sharper focus on improving agricultural growth and productivity in agriculture-based economies, notably in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greater effort will be needed to connect sectoral interventions and achieve synergies from public and private sector interventions; to build capacity and knowledge exchange; to take stock of experience in rain-fed agriculture; to ensure attention to financial sustainability and to cross-cutting issues of gender, environmental, and social impacts and climate; and to better integrate the World Bank Group support at the global and regional levels with that at the country level. This evaluation uses the typology of economies developed by the Agriculture for Development: World Development Report 2008 as one classification in its analysis. In the agriculture-based category, which includes most of Sub-Saharan Africa, development of the agriculture sector is essential to growth and poverty reduction, yet productivity is low, constrained by limited access to modern inputs, irrigation, communication, and transport. The World Bank Group support focused on alleviating these constraints is important to help achieve poverty reduction.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO CREDITACCESS TO MARKETSACCOUNTABILITYADVISORY SERVICEADVISORY SERVICESADVISORY WORKAGRIBUSINESSAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL CREDITAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIESAGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONAGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTSAGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGEAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LANDSAGRICULTURAL MARKETINGAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENTAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SECTORSAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMSAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYAGRICULTURAL YIELDSAGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONAGRICULTURE POLICYAGRICULTURE PROJECTSAGROCHEMICALSANIMAL DISEASESANIMAL PRODUCTIONANIMAL PRODUCTSANIMAL PROTEINAPPROVAL PROCESSARABLE LANDBANK FINANCINGBANK MANAGEMENTBANKSBIODIVERSITYBORROWINGBORROWING COSTSCAPACITY BUILDINGCERTIFICATION SYSTEMSCGIARCGIAR CENTERSCGIAR RESEARCHCGIAR SECRETARIATCLIENT COUNTRIESCLIMATE CHANGECOFFEECOMMERCIAL LENDERSCONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHCOOPERATIVESCOTTONCREDIT AVAILABILITYCROPCROP PRODUCTIONCROP VARIETIESCROP YIELDSCROPPINGDAIRY PRODUCTSDECENTRALIZATIONDEMAND FOR FOODDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDISCRIMINATIONDRAINAGEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSEMPLOYMENTEMPOWERMENTENTREPRENEURSENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITUREEXTENSIONEXTENSION SERVICESEXTREME POVERTYFAOFARMERSFARMINGFARMLANDFARMSFERTILIZERSFINANCIAL AGENCIESFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIESFINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITYFISHERIESFOOD COMMODITIESFOOD CROPSFOOD DEMANDFOOD POLICIESFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SAFETYFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGESFOOD SUPPLYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTFORESTRYGENDERGENDER EQUALITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER MAINSTREAMINGGOVERNMENT FUNDINGGRAINGREEN REVOLUTIONGROUP LENDINGGUARANTEE AGENCYHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYICRISATIFADIFPRIIITAINCOMESINSURANCEINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEIRRIGATIONLACK OF ACCESSLAMBLAND ADMINISTRATIONLAND RIGHTSLEGISLATIONLIMITED ACCESSLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK FEEDMAINSTREAMING GENDERMARKET DEVELOPMENTMEATNATURAL RESOURCESNEW TECHNOLOGIESPALM OILPESTICIDESPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE EQUITYPRIVATE INVESTMENTSPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC INVESTMENTSPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPURCHASING POWERR&DREORGANIZATIONRICERISK MANAGEMENTRURAL ACCESSRURAL CREDITRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL FINANCERURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL ROADSSMALLHOLDERSMALLHOLDER ACCESSSMALLHOLDER PARTICIPATIONSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOIL MANAGEMENTSUBSIDIARYSUGARCANESUPPLY CHAINSUPPLY CHAINSSUSTAINABLE FINANCINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETHE CONSULTATIVE GROUPTRACEABILITYTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPORTUNIONUNITED NATIONSURBANIZATIONUSAIDVEGETABLESWATER USEWATER USE EFFICIENCYWHEATWOODWORLD BANK LENDINGWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8606-4