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A Harvest of Practical Insights
LESSONS LEARNED IN AGRICULTURE, AGRIBUSINESS, SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE,
In partnership with Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Afghan Development Association, the European Union, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Private Infrastructure Development Group, the South Asia Infrastructure Facility.
 
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SmartLessons is a World Bank Group program which enables development practitioners to share lessons learned in development operations.
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SMARLESSONS
Foreword
 Agribusiness is a crucial economic sector, for food security of course, for managing water stress and ecosystem services, but also as a source of employment in emerging markets. 70 percent of the world’s poorest live in rural areas and agriculture can provide a significant pathway out of poverty for many of them. Te past century saw massive increases in pro-ductivity in agriculture, driven by both good government policy and the creativity and ingenuity of the private sector, but food production faces yet its biggest challenges in the coming decades. As we are expecting demand for food to grow by over 70%, with land and  water availability coming under increasing pressure, agriculture remains a key focus area for the World Bank Group. Tis “SmartBook”, aptly titled,
‘A Harvest of Practical Insights’,
 presents practical lessons learned by staff from across the IFC and the World Bank, on approaches for engaging in agriculture that have led to success. Tey came together as part of a “Smart Lesson Competition” that we held internally, in late 2011. Te projects and programs depicted in this book span a wide range of countries, regions and agricultural commodities, yet have one common focus: to help people improve their income through agriculture as a  way to lift themselves out of poverty. Our objective in sharing these experiences and les-sons is to encourage learning from and replication of impactful programs. We recognize that our work cannot be done in isolation. Te accomplishments presented and lessons discussed were learned by teams who have reached out across organizational boundaries, leveraging the different viewpoints and strengths that come with the Bank Groups investment products and knowledge tools. And this also is a lesson in and of itself. We hope that you will find these narratives engaging and most importantly, that you will gain some practical insight.
 
Monika Weber-Fahr Atul Mehta Juergen VoegeleGlobal Business Line Leader, Director, Manufacturing, Director, Agriculture Sustainable Business Agribusiness and and Rural Development,  Advisory, IFC Services, IFC the World Bank 

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