CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets
Agricultural growth has also been constrained by a narrow focus on agriculture that excludes macroeconomic dimensions, environmental inputs and outcomes, and important enabling conditions, such as rural infrastructure, effective markets, and complementary services like credit and agricultural extension.
It is precisely here that the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets can make a critical contribution. It will establish how these challenges and failures can be overcome so that policies, institutions, and markets can be used most effectively to reduce poverty, improve food security, and increase small producers’ incomes.