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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.
Diouf: world must seize chance to boost agriculture
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29/04/2008 -
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today called on the international community not only to take immediate action to de-fuse the current world food emergency but also to seize the opportunities offered by higher food prices and prevent similar dramatic situations occurring in the future.
In a statement published on the FAO website, Dr Diouf said, “The time for re-launching agriculture is now and the international community should not miss the opportunity.”
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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.
World Food Day 2006
The World Food Day and TeleFood theme for 2006 is “Investing in agriculture for food security - the whole world will profit". For more information, see FAO's web site: World Food Day
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