Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Agriculture

Deforestation Trends in the Congo Basin : Agriculture

The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a large portion of Africa's biodiversity. Agricultural development is a central lever to help people out of poverty, as well as a key driver of...

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Main Authors:	Hourticq, Joel, Megevand, Carole, Tollens, Eric, Wehkamp, Johanna, Dulal, Hari
Format:	Other Financial Sector Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANIMAL FEED ANIMALS ARABLE LAND BANANA PLANTATIONS BANANAS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIN FOREST BASIN FORESTS BEANS BIODIVERSITY CACAO CARBON CASH CROP CASH CROPS CASSAVA CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH CEREALS CGIAR CHEMICAL INPUTS CHEMICALS CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CO COARSE GRAINS COCOA COCOA BEANS COFFEE COFFEE PLANTATION COFFEE PRODUCTION COLORS COMMODITY COMMODITY TRADE CONCENTRATES CONCESSION CROP CROPS CULTIVATED AREA CULTIVATED LAND CULTIVATION CULTURAL SYSTEMS DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATE DEFORESTATION RATES DEGRADATION DEGRADED FOREST DEGRADED FOREST AREA DEMAND FOR FOOD DENSE FOREST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFUSION DISEASES DISSEMINATION DRIVERS OF DEFORESTATION DRY SEASON ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM EGGS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EXPORT CROPS FAO FARMER FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZER FERTILIZER USE FERTILIZERS FLOOD CONTROL FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD NEEDS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST CANOPY FOREST CLEARING FOREST CONVERSION FOREST COVER FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST LAND FOREST LAW FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST POLICY FOREST PRESERVATION FOREST PROTECTION FOREST TRANSITION FORESTRY FORESTS FRUIT FRUIT TREES GARDENS GHG GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GRAZING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUNDNUTS HARVESTING HARVESTS HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IFPRI INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL FOREST POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IPCC LABOR FORCE LAND ACQUISITION LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE LAND TENURE SECURITY LARGE CITIES LOGGING MAIZE MALNUTRITION MEAT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MODERNIZATION MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL PRIORITY NATURAL FORESTS NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACT NUTRIENTS OIL PALM PALM OIL PALM OIL PRODUCTION PEPPER PESTICIDE PESTICIDES PH PLANTAINS PLANTATIONS PLANTING POLICY BRIEF POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POTENTIAL YIELDS POULTRY PP PRODUCE PRODUCTION COST PROGRESS PROTEINS PUBLIC SERVICES RA RAINFOREST RAINFOREST BELT REPLANTING RESPECT RICE RUBBER RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS SECURITY SITUATION SEED SHIFTING CULTIVATION SMALLHOLDERS SOIL FERTILITY SOYBEAN SOYBEANS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE SUBSISTENCE FARMING SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARO TIMBER TIMBER PRODUCTS TIN TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL AGRICULTURE TROPICAL DEFORESTATION TROPICAL FOREST TROPICAL FOREST AREA TROPICAL FOREST REGIONS TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL RAINFOREST TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS TUBERS UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBANIZATION VEGETABLES VEGETATION VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION VULNERABILITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR WILDLIFE WOOD WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD POPULATION YAMS YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17752513/deforestation-trends-congo-basin-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16645

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17752513/deforestation-trends-congo-basin-agriculture
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16645

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