Transcript Document 7297707

Revitalizing Agriculture and
Rural Development to Sustain
Growth and Reduce Poverty
Dina Umali-Deininger
Lead Agriculture Economist, World Bank
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Most of South Asia’s
poor are in rural areas
Where are South Asia's Poor?
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Most of rural people and
poor depend on agriculture
Agriculture a major employer in South
Asia, but contribution to economy is
shrinking
Agriculture in the Economy
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Share of Labor Force in Agriculture 2000-03
India: Low labor productivity
contributes to rural poverty
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Labor Productivity, Rs 000/w orker
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Rising consumer demand for high
value crops and animal products
Rising high value crops
and animal products in exports
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Challenges in Agriculture
in South Asia
• Slow down in agricultural productivity growth
– < 3% per year, in context high rural poverty rate
– Climate change: droughts, cyclones, floods
– Leading to rising rural-urban & regional income disparities
• Increasing land and water scarcity
– Land degradation: erosion, over-extraction of groundwater, waterlogging
• New demands on agriculture:
– strict sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards
• Health epidemics linked to agriculture
– Avian flu, mad-cow disease
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India: Slowdown in yield growth and
large yield gaps in many states
Slow down in progress in yields
for 10 major crops
With large gaps between
potential and actual
yields (2003-05)
Technology Index
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Need invest more in research
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Wheat: 6% (Punjab) to 84%
(M.P.)
Rice: Over 100% in Bihar and
UP
Maize: 7% (Gujarat) to 300%
(Assam)
Soybean: 7% (Rajasthan) to
185% (Karnataka)
Sugarcane: 16% (A.P.) to 167%
(M.P.)
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Need invest more in extension
Strategic priorities for
Agriculture
Ag Technology
Enabling policy
environment
Water use
Improving agric
productivity and
competitiveness
INCLUSIVE
GROWTH &
POVERTY
REDUCTION
Land
Income generation
Rural
Livelihood
Development
Sustainable
Natural Resource
Management
Water
Markets
Social empowerment
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Skills development
A. Improving agricultural
productivity & competitiveness
1. Rationalizing role of government
 Promoting more effective public expenditures
 Towards productivity enhancing investments: research, extension,
irrigation, roads, electricity, markets, education
 Improving policy and regulatory environment
 Promoting PPP
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Public Expenditures India
Percent of Ag. GDP
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Subsidies
75%
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Public investments
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1975-79
1980-84
1985-89
1990-94
1995-99
2000-02
A. Improving agricultural
productivity & competitiveness
2. Technology, innovation & markets
 Effective agricultural research and extension systems
 increase agricultural productivity and enable diversification to high
value products (F&V, livestock, fisheries) by small farmers
 Link farmers to market,
 Promote value addition and value chain development
 Invest in rural infrastructure: roads, electrification, markets
 Foster producer associations, agribusiness development services
3. Water/Irrigation management
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Better irrigation service delivery
 Farmer participation in management thru WUAs, pricing, water
regulatory authority
 Reduce losses
 better O&M of irrigation system, technology—drip irrigation
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B.Sustainable Natural
Resource Use
Watershed Management
 Participatory and holistic approach to soil
and water conservation at watershed level
Land
Reforming of land ownership and tenancy
policies
Improving land administration systems
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C. Rural Livelihood
Development
Promote growth of Rural Non-farm
economy
 Promote employment and investment opportunities
 improve rural investment climate, public-private
partnerships
 Develop skills of rural people for employment in RNF
 Education, vocational training
 Help labor out of agriculture: requires massive
investment in human capital
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Challenges to making
this happen
• Government failures
– Lack of financial resources
– Inadequate capacity to implement programs
effectively
– Political economy: vested interests against reforms
• Market failures: high costs of working with
small/marginal farmers
• Lack of awareness/knowledge of new
approaches
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Conclusion
• Agricultural growth is critical to
promoting rural growth and to
reducing poverty in rural areas
• Making this a reality requires
commitment of all stakeholders—
government, farmers, private sector,
civil society
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