This toolkit for analyzing public expenditures in agriculture contributes to a broader effort to enhance the focus … checklists for practitioners conducting various kinds of agriculture public expenditure analyses, and to provide selected …

agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …

The livelihoods of the world's poor rise and fall with the fate of agriculture. Enhancing the ability of smallholders … resources and expertise. It is for this reason that we are particularly pleased to introduce the ICT in agriculture e … of ICT and agriculture. The authors hope is that it becomes a practical guide in understanding current trends …