Agriculture's Performance, Diversity, and Uncertainties
Agriculture's Performance, Diversity, and Uncertainties
Agriculture's Performance, Diversity, and Uncertainties
Productivity growth in developing countries drove agricultures global success Productivity growth in developing countries drove agricultures global success From 1980 to 2004, the gross domestic product (GDP) of agriculture expanded globally by an average of 2.0 percent a year, more than the population growth of 1.6 percent a year.. Indeed, developing countries accounted for an impressive 79 percent of overall agricultural growth during this period. Their share of world agricultural GDP rose from 56 percent in 1980 to 65 percent in 2004..
Better technology and better policy have been major sources of growth
Livestock expansion
where it accounts for a third of agricultural GDP. Production of meat has doubled over the last 15 years, led by a 7 percent annual increase in poultry production. Investments in science ,roads, and human capital from the 1960s, combined with better policies and institutions, were the major drivers that made the agricultural productivity gains possible.
Growth Growthregions and across across regions and countries has been uneven countries has been uneven
Continued..
The livestock and aquaculture revolutions are increasing the supply of protein and providing more diversified diets. But intensive production methods and the growing concentrations of animals near urban and periurban areas of developing countries can increase waste pollution and the incidence of diseases such as tuberculosis and avian flu. Exports of horticulture, livestock, fish, cut flowers, and organic products now make up 47 percent of all developing- country exports, far more than the 21 percent for traditional tropical products such as coffee, tea, and cotton.