generally available investment subsidies ; agricultural input subsidies , generally available to low - income or ... Many developing countries have been undertaking policy reforms under Structural Adjustment Programmes ( SAPs ) .

Large acreages of land were also acquired by Government for the establishment of Food Farms to be operated as Co - operatives . These were called Pioneer Farms and had professional managers , but were collectively operated by young ...

These hypothetical policy measures were chosen on the basis of issues that are widely considered as important in the agricultural policy arena in Costa Rica . In this context , the next section provides a brief sketch of the evolution ...

Adjustment Programs : Impliand Development of Agricul . cations for the Reactivation Published in Spanish and ... of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration ( SIECA ) Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food of ...

The project consisted of three sub - programmes or phases : PLL I , PLL II , and PLL III . Under Phase I supplemental tenancy was provided for farmers within close proximity to their homes , for a period of five years in the first ...

SESSION 5 : PRESENTATION BY THE WORLD BANK AND IICA ON STRUCTURAL AND SECTORAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS Presentation by ... assistance respect to Sectoral Adjustment Programs . with He mentioned that in granting a loan in the context of a ...

that were banned and at the same time generate income , as a consequence of the ban on imported foods . ... 1985-1989 Agricultural Development Plan ( MOA , 1985 : 7 ) : Against the background of innovative policy measures , programmes ...

The challenge to agriculture will be to provide for the food needs of the vastly increased population on reduced ... Government policies The structural adjustment programmes of the recent past have resulted in a reduction in the ...

Policies pretending to be gender - neutral are in fact gender - blind , and in general women do not appear to benefit at all from the same policies that are intended to increase agricultural productivity and foster rural development .

As a result , growth under this priority is likely to come with social drawbacks as well as environmental ones . In our Science - Policy Forum we are focused on food security , thus more concerned on the social side of food production ...