Brazil has reduced forest loss in the Amazon by more than 75percentt, all while increasing agricultural productivity and rural incomes for the poor.
In agriculture, companies such as Jain Irrigation and Amul are increasing agricultural productivity and collectivising small and marginal farmers while generating lasting economic value.
"Increasing agricultural production has fundamentally changed the countryside.
"We're looking at ways to increase food production without increasing agricultural footprint," spokeswoman Anastasia Plakias says.
In addition to increasing agricultural production, he built schools and improved sanitation.
Increasing agricultural employment is part of a new $154 billion stimulus package that Mr. Aso announced last week.
Diverting waters from one river to the other is being promoted as a solution to poverty and increasing agricultural productivity.
Increasing agricultural productivity is one of the 146 priority initiatives included in the country's economic recovery plan, also known as the president's recovery priorities.
This is why social safety nets, particularly those that provide cash transfers to hungry households, are a necessary complement to increasing agricultural production.
For instance, increasing agricultural productivity in Africa, where the actual crop yields lag severely behind their potential, could produce enough to feed hundreds of millions of people.
The president has made cutting fat from the public sector and increasing agricultural output central to reforms since he succeeded his brother.
