Proceedings of BTC seminar on agriculture are available

In keeping with tradition, BTC hosted its 5th annual international seminar on 16 & 17 December 2009 entitled ‘Agriculture as a motor of pro-poor growth’. The proceedings are now available.

The seminar

The two-day seminar brought together representatives of development partners and implementing agencies, international organisations, government bodies, experts on development cooperation projects, farmers organisations, academic institutions, think tanks, NGOs and others to discuss the challenges facing agricultural development.

The seminar intended to focus on poverty reduction through agriculture in development countries. It wanted to look at the issue in a holistic way taking into account both the needs and the actors, and scrutinise the potential of development partners to contribute to pro-poor agriculture development.

The seminar was structured around four thematic sessions:

  • Agriculture and pro-poor growth: challenges and opportunities;
  • Agricultural policies for pro-poor growth;
  • Agricultural research, extension and innovation;
  • Getting agriculture and rural entrepreneurship moving.

Proceedings

The proceedings are a compilation of abstracts submitted by speakers and edited transcriptions based on audio recordings made during the seminar.
Also a selection of the questions and answers from each session is included. 

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Presentations