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New Policy Brief from IFPRI: Investing in Agriculture to Overcome the World Food Crisis and Reduce Poverty and Hunger

International Food Policy Research Institute
Investing in Agriculture to Overcome the World Food Crisis and Reduce Poverty and Hunger
By Shenggen Fan and Mark W. Rosegrant
June 2008
http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/bp/bp003.asp

Investing in agriculture is key to reducing poverty and hunger in developing countries and is an essential element in addressing the current food price crisis. Although numerous studies have attempted to estimate the costs involved in achieving MDG1, none includes agricultural growth requirements or quantifies the public resources needed to support that growth. The required growth and financial resources vary based on past progress in poverty reduction and the role of agriculture in the overall economy. IFPRI’s analyses address some of these gaps by simulating required total and incremental agricultural spending using two different approaches: (1) Public investment requirements based on alternative scenario simulations. (2) Public investment requirements based on growth-poverty elasticities.

Ms. Christina Lakatos
Communications Specialist
Environment and Production Technology Division
International Food Policy Research Institute
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