ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Sununtar Setboonsarng
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Large-Scale Soil Health Restoration: The Way Forward for Reversing Climate Change while Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security
This paper describes soil health, and lists soil-regenerative agriculture practices that can mitigate and reverse climate change, improve water management, and enhance food and nutrition security.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Organic Agriculture: Empowering Poor Women to Build the Future
The paper presents empirical evidence from ADBI studies which outlines the positive contributions of organic agriculture in fostering gender equality and in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Paper-Free Trade for Smallholder Farmers: A Pilot Study of a Coffee Association in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Cloud-based software is used to facilitate paper-free trade in coffee exports to Europe by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, saving time and money.
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Making Globalization Work Better for the Poor through Contract Farming
The practice of contract farming is improving lives in rural areas in various parts of Asia, especially of small-scale farmers who now have assured markets for their produce.
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Viet Nam's Poor Gains from Participatory Agriculture Research and Extension
The rapid growth of Viet Nam's agriculture sector was attributed to market-oriented reforms, liberalized land use rights, increased investments in irrigation, and improved agriculture science and technology (AST).
Editor
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Organic Agriculture and Post-2015 Development Goals: Building on the Comparative Advantage of Poor Farmers
While there has been remarkable progress on the Millennium Development Goals, much is still to be done to ensure meaningful change beyond 2015.