Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet

The report finds that repurposing a portion of government spending on agriculture each year to develop and disseminate more emission-efficient technologies for crops and livestock could reduce overall emissions from agriculture by more than 40 perc...

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Main Authors: Gautam, Madhur, Laborde, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Martin, Will, Pineiro, Valeria, Vos, Rob
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
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spelling okr-10986-368752022-01-26T05:10:51Z Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet Gautam, Madhur Laborde, David Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Pineiro, Valeria Vos, Rob AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AGRICULTURE POLICY REFORM AGRICULTURE TRADE BARRIER TRADE DISTORTION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EMISSION REDUCTION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY The report finds that repurposing a portion of government spending on agriculture each year to develop and disseminate more emission-efficient technologies for crops and livestock could reduce overall emissions from agriculture by more than 40 percent. Meanwhile, millions of hectares of land could be restored to natural habitats. The economic payoffs to this type of repurposing would be large. Redirecting about $70 billion a year, equivalent to one percent of global agricultural output, would yield a net benefit of over $2 trillion in 20 years. 2022-01-25T20:31:53Z 2022-01-25T20:31:53Z 2022-01-24 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099535001242227409/P17064300a6dea0db09c8b0cf6a1dfe8b8a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36875 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study
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topic AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
AGRICULTURE POLICY REFORM
AGRICULTURE TRADE BARRIER
TRADE DISTORTION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
EMISSION REDUCTION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT
AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
AGRICULTURE POLICY REFORM
AGRICULTURE TRADE BARRIER
TRADE DISTORTION
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
EMISSION REDUCTION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
Gautam, Madhur
Laborde, David
Mamun, Abdullah
Martin, Will
Pineiro, Valeria
Vos, Rob
Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet
description The report finds that repurposing a portion of government spending on agriculture each year to develop and disseminate more emission-efficient technologies for crops and livestock could reduce overall emissions from agriculture by more than 40 percent. Meanwhile, millions of hectares of land could be restored to natural habitats. The economic payoffs to this type of repurposing would be large. Redirecting about $70 billion a year, equivalent to one percent of global agricultural output, would yield a net benefit of over $2 trillion in 20 years.
format Report
author Gautam, Madhur
Laborde, David
Mamun, Abdullah
Martin, Will
Pineiro, Valeria
Vos, Rob
author_facet Gautam, Madhur
Laborde, David
Mamun, Abdullah
Martin, Will
Pineiro, Valeria
Vos, Rob
author_sort Gautam, Madhur
title Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet
title_short Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet
title_full Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet
title_fullStr Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet
title_full_unstemmed Repurposing Agricultural Policies and Support : Options to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems to Better Serve the Health of People, Economies, and the Planet
title_sort repurposing agricultural policies and support : options to transform agriculture and food systems to better serve the health of people, economies, and the planet
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099535001242227409/P17064300a6dea0db09c8b0cf6a1dfe8b8a
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