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DocumentRisk Mitigation and Management for Agricultural Investment : Investment and Resource Mobilization
Applied Material. EASYPol Module 155
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No results found.The incidence of risk in agriculture is important to policy makers at national and international levels. Fluctuations in producer incomes, and particularly the threat of catastrophic loss, may present difficult welfare problems for these same producers, their governments, and the international community. Trading losses at the level of market intermediaries, such as traders and processors, negatively impact the development of sustainable trading and finance activities in the commodity sectors. In more extreme cases, international humanitarian assistance may be necessary, but that assistance may destabilize markets, create dependencies, or bias management via expectations of future disaster relief. -
DocumentFAO’s Role in Policy Support 2008The Panel will discuss the role of FAO in addressing major strategic issues and policy challenges in the field of agriculture and rural development. In particular it will identify how FAO can assist its members and the international community in the design and implementation of policies for agricultural and rural development in order to achieve national policy objectives as well as contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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