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The Investment Centre is a division of FAO's Technical Cooperation Department. It promotes greater investment in agriculture and rural development by assisting developing countries to identify and formulate effective and sustainable agricultural policies, programmes and projects. It does this with funding from multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, regional development banks and international funds as well as FAO resources.
The Investment Centre is committed to the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals specifically the goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.
The World Food Day theme for 2006 was “Investing in agriculture for food security - the whole world will profit". For more information, see FAO's web site: World Food Day 2006
Sowing seeds for hungry Haitians
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04/08/2008 -
In readiness for the new planting season, FAO has started distributing urgently-needed seeds and tools to Haiti’s most vulnerable farmers to help them cope with the rising cost of food, fuel and fertilizer.
Some 600 tonnes of seeds, including beans, maize and sorghum as well as tools such as hoes and machetes are being distributed for the July/August planting season under FAO’s ongoing international Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP). The aid will reach about 70 000 farming families in the poorest parts of Haiti.
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Each year the FAO Investment Centre organizes more than 600 field missions for 140 investment projects in around 100 countries. One of the most important tasks of these missions is to engage the participation of farmers and other local groups.
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