Rural development policy ‘victim’ of conservative Greek farmers

A reluctance to innovate among ageing Greek farmers will be a key challenge for implementing EU rural development programmes there under the new Common Agricultural Policy, EurActiv Greece reports.

€5.9 billion of public money is earmarked for Greece’s farming sector under the new Rural Development Pillar (RDP) of the reformed CAP.

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Role for agriculture in rural development

The European Commission partially justifies the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU with the CAP’s contribution to ‘viable rural communities’. Maintaining viable rural communities was one of the three strategic aims for the CAP set out in the Commission’s Communication on the CAP towards 2020 in November 2010. It was justified in the following terms:To maintain viable rural communities, for whom farming is an important economic activity creating local employment; this delivers multiple economic, social, environmental and territorial benefits….

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South Africa - Agriculture History

In monetary terms, agriculture's share of the economy has long since been outstripped by those of the mining and secondary industries. In 1960, agriculture contributed 11.1 percent of the GDP, down from about 20 percent in the 1930s. By 1999, however, agriculture's share of the GDP had dropped to 5 percent. Despite the farming industry's declining share of the GDP, it remains vital to the economy, development, and stability of the Southern African region. The various sectors of the industry employ approximately 1 million people, or 30 percent of the workforce.

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Agriculture in south africa

The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors are crucial to South Africa’s socio-economic development. However, the future of these sectors depends on critical issues such as cli mate change, population growth, skills shortages, changes in consumer needs and shifts in the global economy and related markets.

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South African agriculture

South Africa has a dual agricultural economy, with both well-developed commercial farming and more subsistence-based production in the deep rural areas.

Covering 1.2-million square kilometres of land, South Africa is one-eighth the size of the United States and has seven climatic regions, from Mediterranean to subtropical to semi-desert.

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agriculture development Katalyst Innovation Fund

Innovation is one of the driving forces in agriculture development. However, for commercially-driven businesses, innovation can be expensive and risky, which often prevents the emergence of important new ideas. That is why Katalyst has launched the Katalyst Innovation Fund (KIF), offering co-funding and technical support in order to nurture and encourage breakthrough innovations in Bangladesh’s agri-business sector:

KIF supports market actors from the private sector in developing innovative inclusive business models that deliver both commercial benefits and income-generating opportunities for small and poor farmers. We are looking for your inclusive business solutions that provide small farmers with better access to products, inputs, services, and know-how, applicable across one, several, or all sectors in which we work.

KIF is managed by the Katalyst Innovation Fund Management (IFM) team.

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Katalyst Innovation Fund (KIF) - empowering the next generation of agri-business in Bangladesh

The Agri-business for Trade Competitiveness Project, branded as Katalyst, is one of the largest market development initiatives in Bangladesh. Working together with various market actors, the project generates new income opportunities for small and poor farmers across the country

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Agriculture and Rural Development

The development objective of the Agriculture and Rural Development Project is to assist the Recipient to promote competitiveness and growth in the livestock and horticulture sub-sectors over the next decade through implementation of selected measures of its agricultural strategy and institutional development. There are three components to the project

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International Fund for Agricultural Development

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (French: Fonds international de développement agricole; FIDA) (Italian: Fondo Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Agricolo) is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. It was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as

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INVEST IN FARMERS

One out of every two people on this planet struggles to feed and educate their children. When powered by opportunity, they have a chance to work their way out of poverty and transform their lives. For 40 years, Opportunity

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