Finance for Food Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance
This book reflects the current state of discussion about agricultural and rural finance in developing and transition countries. It provides insight into specific themes, such as commodity value chains, farm banking, risk management in agricultural b
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Finance for Food Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance
Finance for Food
Doris Köhn Editor
Finance for Food Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance
Editor Doris Köhn Member of the Management Commitee KfW Development Bank Frankfurt am Main Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-54033-2 ISBN 978-3-642-54034-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-54034-9 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013958385 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2014. The book is published with open access at SpringerLink.com. Open Access This book is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. All commercial rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for commercial use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for commercial use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The manuscript of this book was completed in 2013 Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
It is a shocking fact that in today’s world one billion people do not have access to sufficient food. In spite of manifold efforts by local actors, civil society, governments, and the international community, hunger remains the most striking and visible development issue in many countries of the South. The global supply of food, however, is largely sufficient to feed the world’s seven billion people. So far, agricultural production has been able to cope with our exponential demographic growth. And most experts are confident that further population growth – even the estimated peak of nine or ten billion people – can be accommodated by an increase in global food production. However the success story called “the green revolution” has its price. Turning more and more land into soil will have severe environmental consequences, like water shortages, the concentration of toxic elements, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, erosion, and more. Moreover, these negative trends will be aggravated by climate change. Nevertheless, the fundamental issue is not availability of food but the accessibility of available food – both in physical (
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