In Focus Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Security
Asian Development Bank | April 2011
Abstract
ADB takes a multisector approach to ensuring removing constraints on food security, particularly those affecting the poor, women, and other vulnerable groups
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2011. In Focus Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Security. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2132. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Agricultural And Rural Development
Asian Development Bank
Water Resources Development
Sustainable Development
Agribusiness
Agroindustry
Agricultural institutes
Agricultural development
Joint projects
Development models
Industrial policy
Food Supply
Economic development
New agricultural enterprises
Cooperative agriculture
Government policy
Entrepreneurship
Communication in rural development
Development banks
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