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The Changing Face of Rural Space : Agriculture and Rural Development in the Western Balkans

This report brings together lessons from previous studies, supplemented by new analysis. It frames the challenges facing the rural and agri-food sector in the Western Balkans to illustrate the directions for policies, now and in the future. Part one looks at the characteristics of the rural and agri...

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Main Authors:	Lampietti, Julian A., Lugg, David G., Van der Celen, Philip, Branczik, Amelia
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	access to credit access to infrastructure agricultural areas agricultural development Agricultural Education agricultural exports agricultural extension agricultural extension services agricultural growth agricultural information agricultural information services agricultural inputs Agricultural land agricultural policies Agricultural Policy agricultural producers agricultural production agricultural production systems agricultural productivity Agricultural Products Agricultural Research agricultural research programs Agricultural Research System agricultural resources Agricultural Sector agricultural services Agricultural Support Agricultural trade agricultural wages agricultural workers agricultural yields Agriculture Agriculture Organization Agriculture Policy Agriculture Research animal health animal products animal welfare animals arable land average wages beer beverages Brucellosis capacity-building capacity-building support Cattle cereal imports cereal production cereals CGIAR Climate Change cold chain collective farms commercial agriculture commercial farmers commercial farms commodities competitive grants consumer demand credit markets crop crop varieties crops dairies dairy dairy sector determinant of poverty diseases diversification economic growth employment opportunities European Commission export markets FAO farm incomes farm size farm systems farm technologies farmer farmer organizations Farmers farming farming season feed fertilizers flour food chain food control food exports food imports food markets food preparation food prices food product food production food products food quality Food Safety food safety control food safety standards food safety system Food Safety Systems food security Food Supply food systems foods Forestry Fruit fruit juices fruits global markets Grain Grain Production Grocery products Hazard high-value products household size human capital hygiene hypermarkets income income gap income support income-generating opportunities indicators of poverty innovation Insurance insurance markets Integration irrigation labeling laboratories land ownership land rights land size large farms live animals livelihoods Livestock Livestock Production living standards marketing meat microbiological criteria milk mills national research new technologies nonfarm income organic foods organic produce packaging pesticides pests plant health poor poor people poor rural areas Poverty rate poverty rates poverty reduction Private Sector Production Systems production technology productive farms Public Services public spending raw milk remote areas research centers research systems risk management Rural Rural Areas rural communities rural credit Rural Development Rural Development Strategies Rural Economies rural economy rural employment rural entrepreneurs rural infrastructure rural inhabitants rural people Rural Phenomenon rural population rural poverty rural residents Rural Sector rural sectors rural workers safety net small farmers small farms smallholder farmers Social protection social safety nets social security soil degradation soil management Structural adjustment Structural adjustment programs subsistence supermarkets Sustainable Development Technical Assistance temperature control territorial development tomatoes traceability trade liberalization transaction costs transition economies unemployment United States Agency for International Development USAID vegetables war water use
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