Policy and regulatory frameworks
Appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks are key to support sustainable rural development in an environment of increasing competition for scarce resources and growing consumption demands. National and local governments as well as development organisations are looking for policies that are likely to result in the desired development outcomes. Evidence-based policy is an approach that helps people make well informed decisions by putting the best available evidence from research at the heart of policy development and implementation.
see also: network focus area land governance
Feature
Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets:
Policy Responses
Policy report by FAO, IFAD, et al., June 2011 
PDF, 905 KB
This report explores in detail policy options to reduce price volatility and to mitigate its consequences. Scope is identified for actions at individual, national, regional and international level.
Other key documents
Food and Nutrition Security: Comprehensive Framework for Action
High Level Task Force on Global Food Security, August 2011PDF, 6142 KB
Sharpening the Rural Focus of Poverty Reduction Strategies: Context, Lessons and Way Forward
Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, June 2008PDF, 569 KB
Further information
Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
International Land Coalition (ILC)
