This chapter presents the key milestones in the global response for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the challenges in implementing a comprehensive public health response to address NCDs, the Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020, and the global NCD targets and monitoring...

This book identifies drivers of investment and then analyses policy options that cause those drivers to channel investment into agriculture in developing countries. Chapter 2 presents the concept and definition of investment in general, and chapter 3 analyses investment in agriculture. Chapter 4...

This introduction highlights the need to eradicate poverty and food insecurity in developing countries and the role of agricultural investment in addressing this challenge.

This chapter analyses investment in agriculture in developing countries. Sections discuss: investment for on-farm agricultural stock; investment by the public sector; and investment in agro-industry for agricultural development and growth.

The levels and trends of current investment in agriculture at the global and national level are examined. Data are presented on the annual rate of growth of investment for on-farm agricultural capital stock and agricultural capital stock per agricultural worker.

This chapter describes the different investors who invest for capital formation at the farm level and their relative contributions. It focuses on investments by the private and public sectors, official development assistance and foreign direct investment.

This chapter discusses the drivers of investment for farm-level capital formation and in agro-industry. It also discusses the public-private complementarity in investment, as well as policies and the enabling environment for investment. Drivers of farm-level investment discussed include household...

Ways to promote investment in agriculture in developing countries are examined. The discussion focuses on (1) promoting farm-household savings for on-farm investment, (2) promoting public sector investment in agriculture, (3) creating an enabling environment for corporate private sector investment...

This chapter assesses the potential of private voluntary standards in horticultural exports for providing incentives to the private sector investing in small-scale growers, to the mutual benefit of growers as well as exporters. The chapter then traces characteristics of such co-investment and its...

This paper provides a general discussion of terminator technology (genetic use restriction technologies) in the context of developing countries. The consequences of terminator technology for the implementation, enforcement and duration of intellectual property rights for plant varieties are...