Still, the basic ingredients of Brazil's success agricultural research, capital-intensive large farms, openness to trade and to new farming techniques should work elsewhere.

ECONOMIST: Brazil's agricultural miracle

Impact-driven smallholder agricultural lenders such as Root Capital, Oikocredit, Triodos, and Rabobank have played a catalytic role in driving financing into this market.

FORBES: Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance

Three years ago, she moved with her parents and four siblings from Gaibandha, a northern agricultural district, to Dhaka, the capital, after their rice fields were washed away by an overflowing river a common problem in riparian Bangladesh.

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Many investments were in capital-intensive industries quite unsuited to a labour-rich agricultural economy.

ECONOMIST: Italy��s economy

And my organization, Root Capital, is financing two fair trade certified, organic cocoa enterprises, Kpeya Agricultural Enterprise and Balmed Holdings, both of which are breathing new life into the shattered countryside of Sierra Leone.

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The Native American Agriculture and Food Roundtable served as a forum for leaders and experts to contribute ideas for fostering community and agricultural economic development with a particular focus on Leasing, Technical Assistance, Strategic Business Planning and Access to Capital, Credit and other Financial Resources.

WHITEHOUSE: Blog Posts Related to the Native American Community

Commodities have been rising on account of demand and loose monetary policy in the US, in particular, where near-zero capital costs have weakened the dollar and turned money managers onto hard assets like oil, gold, and agricultural commodities.

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