India’s farms just delivered a record. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare’s Second Advance Estimates, released in June this year, put the country’s total horticulture production at 377.78 million tonnes for 2025-26, with fruit output alone rising 3.25 per cent to 121.48 million...
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https://ap.fftc.org.tw/article/3998
摘要
印尼的農村經濟在國家發展、糧食安全及社會安定中扮演著關鍵角色。然而，印尼農村仍持續面臨結構性不平等、有限的市場接觸管道、氣候脆弱性以及區域制度能力發展不均等長期挑戰。根據農村發展的比較研究顯示，此類限制普遍存在於農業型及轉型期的經濟體中；在這些經濟體當中，僅憑生產力的提升不足以確保包容性與永續性的發展結果。為此，印尼政府日益將農業政策轉向「以社區為基礎的發展（Community-Based Development）」，以及結合農民、地方政府、民間業者、合作社與發展機構的「策略夥伴關係」。...
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