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International Investments in Agricultural Production

Expert Meeting on How to Feed the World in 2050






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    Promoting Investment in Agriculture for Increased Production and Productivity 2013
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    The report seeks to build a better understanding of the relationship between savings and investment at the farm level, domestic and foreign corporate private investment in agriculture and agro-industries and the public sector investment in developing countries. It proposes policies and a programme of action for creating conditions under which domestic savings, farm-level investments and investment in agro-industries are united in a self-perpetuating, virtuous cycle that can be described as ‘save -invest and grow’.
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    Investment in Developing Countries' Food and Agriculture: assessing agricultural capital stocks and their impact on productivity
    Expert Meeting on How to feed the World in 2050
    2009
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    Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being: an analysis of prospective scenarios for Uganda 2022
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    This study highlights how, through a series of scenarios, public investments promoting agricultural productivity in Uganda could drive growth in agrifood production, with favourable impacts on the economy, on well-being and on poverty, especially in rural areas. Using a modelling tool to represent the Ugandan economy, with its multiple sectors and current fiscal constraints, the study ranked the subsectors of Uganda’s agriculture that, through the productivity impact of public investments representing 0.25 percent of GDP (on average, about 373 billion 2017 Uganda shillings) during the years 2023–2025, will generate the greatest socio-economic benefits, maximizing the cost-effectiveness of the public investments. Generally, economic growth and the welfare of households, as measured by their consumption, will be positively impacted, but the impacts will ultimately depend on the sector that receives the investment, which is shown in a ranking. The agricultural sectors targeted for government investment will increase their output (and food prices will thus fall), and this will stimulate growth in non-agricultural sectors, both by increasing final demand for non-agricultural products and by lowering input prices and fostering upstream processing. Lower food prices will have a significant impact since food represents a relatively large proportion of the consumption basket of poorest households. Furthermore, labour income for rural households will increase with productivity growth, and this will reduce rural poverty. The findings of this study provide important information about the priorities of Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP) III and vision for agriculture, as well as new priorities to be considered for enabling economic recovery with increased well-being post-COVID-19.

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