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Reviving Sri Lanka's Agricultural Research and Extension System : Towards More Innovation and Market OrientationThis review's objectives were to
 examine the structure and performance of the agricultural
 research and extension systems (public and private) at the
 central and provincial levels, identify successes as well as
 constraints to improving the system s effectiveness for
 fostering innovation, and propose options for further policy
 and institutional development, drawing on lessons from
 international experience. The review focused principally on
 nonplantation crops, although its main recommendations apply
 across the agricultural sector. This synthesis report
 summarizes the main findings of the review and builds upon
 them by adding some new elements. The conflict in Sri Lanka
 is explicitly recognized. Additionally, the implications of
 changes in the wider agricultural context for agricultural
 research and extension are explored, and have led to the
 adoption of an innovation systems perspective to organize
 the major findings
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Sustainable Agricultural Productivity Growth and Bridging the Gap for Small-Family FarmsGlobal agriculture will face multiple
 challenges over the coming decades. It must produce more
 food to feed an increasingly affluent and growing world
 population that will demand a more diverse diet, contribute
 to overall development and poverty alleviation in many
 developing countries, confront increased competition for
 alternative uses of finite land and water resources, adapt
 to climate change, and contribute to preserving biodiversity
 and restoring fragile ecosystems. Climate change will bring
 higher average temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns,
 and more frequent extreme events, multiplying the threats to
 sustainable food security. Addressing these challenges
 requires co-ordinated responses from the public and private
 sectors and civil society that will need to be adapted to
 the specific circumstances of different types of farmers in
 countries at all levels of development. The recommendations
 provided are broadly of two types: specific actions that can
 contribute in some way to improving productivity growth or
 sustainable resource use (whether building on existing
 initiatives or suggesting new activities) and more general
 proposals that may not be actionable as presented but that
 serve to highlight areas for priority attention. This report
 also invites G20 countries to engage in a medium, to
 long-term, analysis-based peer review of policies fostering
 sustainable productivity growth, which would identify
 specific constraints and opportunities, beginning with their
 own food and agriculture sectors. In addition to possible
 benefits to participating countries, a peer review process
 could contribute to the identification of best policies and
 best policy packages to achieve the widely held aim of
 sustainably improving productivity of the global food and
 agriculture system. While such an initiative is proposed to
 and for G20 countries, it could have much wider application
 to interested countries.
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Agriculture and Water Policy : Toward Sustainable Inclusive GrowthThis paper reviews Pakistan's agriculture performance and analyzes its agriculture and water policies. It discusses the nature of rural poverty and emphasizes the reasons why agricultural growth is a critical component to any pro-poor growth strategy for Pakistan. It supports these arguments by summarizing key results from recent empirical analysis where the relative benefits of agricultural versus non-agricultural led growth are examined. The results also provide an illustration of farm and non-farm linkages. It summarizes recent performance of the agriculture sector, and discusses key characteristics of its sluggish productivity growth. Three key issues related to increasing productivity are discussed: namely technology, water use and water management, and policy reforms related to markets and trade that can strengthen the enabling environment and contribute to the promotion of diversification towards high value agriculture.