Value Chains
Issue paper
2021
A multi-billion-dollar opportunity – Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems
Public support mechanisms for agriculture in many cases hinder the transformation towards healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and efficient food systems, [...]
Briefs
2020
Responsible investment and COVID-19: Addressing impacts, risks and responsible business conduct in agricultural value chains
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated serious threats to food security and nutrition and has greatly affected livelihoods and working conditions [...]
Briefs
2020
Impacts of COVID-19 on wood value chains and forest sector response. Results from a global survey 2020
This policy brief summarizes the findings from a global survey on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on wood [...]
Forums and community of practice
2020
Responding to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on food value chains through efficient logistics. FSN Forum report of activity No. 166
This document summarizes the online discussion Responding to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on food value chains through efficient [...]
Issue paper
2020
The food system and the challenges of COVID-19. Contribution of public and private supply establishments to food access and the functioning of the food system in Latin America and the Caribbean
The publication provides a description of the establishments that function to supply food to the population, in seven countries of [...]
Briefs
2020
Food systems and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean. Towards inclusive, responsible and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. Bulletin 15
The crisis has heavily affected fisheries and aquaculture. The restrictive health measures have had adverse effects on the free operation [...]
Briefs
2020
The impacts of COVID-19 on the forest sector: How to respond?
This brief highlights some of the identified and perceived impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on development aspects interconnected with the [...]
Briefs
2020
Responding to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on food value chains through efficient logistics
Measures implemented around the world to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have entailed a severe reduction not only in the transportation [...]
Briefs
2020
COVID-19 and the risk to food supply chains: How to respond?
This policy brief is part of a series that aims at analysing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the [...]
Report
2019
Food systems at risk − New trends and challenges
The way food systems have evolved over past decades means that they now face major risks, which in turn threaten [...]
Tool
2019
Practical guidelines for organizing policy dialogues for strengthening agricultural innovation systems
These Practical guidelines document was prepared under the project Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems (CDAIS), a global partnership (Agrinatura, [...]
Brochure
2019
Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin
During the period April to June 2019, Food Chain Crisis (FCC) threats are expected to occur in Africa, the Americas, [...]
Tool
2018
Enabling regulatory frameworks for contract farming. FAO legislative study 111
FAO’s previous contribution to the development of contract farming saw the publication in 2015 of the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract [...]
Brochure
2017
Strategic work of FAO to increase the resilience of livelihoods
Together with its partners, FAO works to increase the resilience of agricultural livelihoods at risk of disasters and crises. People [...]
Tool
2017
Strengthening Sector Policies for Better Food Security and Nutrition Results: Trade. Policy Guidance Note 9
Trade in agricultural products is expected to continue to increase over the coming decades and will therefore influence the extent and [...]
Tool
2017
Averting Risks to the Food Chain. A Compendium of Proven Emergency Prevention Methods and Tools
Preventing animal disease and plant pest outbreaks and food safety incidents before they occur is essential to protecting the food [...]
Briefs
2017
Leveraging institutional food procurement for rural transformation. Institutional food procurement programmes (IFPPs). FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 1
The brief contains recommendations and a framework for developing an Institutional Food Procurement Programme (IFPP) based on lessons from ten [...]
Brochure
2017
Global Action Programme on Food Security and Nutrition in Small Island Developing States: Supporting the implementation of the Samoa Pathway
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share unique and particular vulnerabilities, resulting in a complex set of food security and [...]
Brochure
2016
Addressing transboundary threats to the food chain. Food chain crisis- Emergency Prevention System (FCC-EMPRES)
Fighting hunger is not only about producing more food. It also means protecting food sources from diseases that can spread [...]
Tool
2016
Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership (LEAP+)
The LEAP (Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative that is committed to improving the environmental performance [...]
Case study
2016
Increasing the resilience of agricultural livelihoods
At FAO, increasing the resilience of agriculture-based livelihoods against threats and crises is a corporate priority. FAO’s resilience work is [...]
Tool
2014
Value Chain Analysis for Policy Making: FAO VCA Tool 3.2
Download the FAO VCA-Tool
This analytical tool allows users to systematically gather, store and manage data for the implementation of cost-benefit and [...]
Tool
2012
Value Chain Analysis for Policymaking: Methodological Guidelines for a Quantitative Approach. EASYPol Series 129
These guidelines provide users with the key notions required to carry out analyses of policy impacts by means of a [...]