Investment Solutions for Sustainable Food and Agriculture
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Singing in the dzud
02/09/2026
In Mongolia's Töv province, one herder-turned-dairy farmer is showing how climate-smart investment, digital tools and the sound of her own voice are...
Annual Reviews
Turning potential into progress
24/06/2026
Agrifood systems are being tested like never before, threatening global food security, livelihoods, peace and stability. Investment is critical to...
FAO’s Investment Centre celebrates 60 years of effective development partnerships
16/10/2024
Over its six decades, the Investment Centre has helped design more than 2,400 partner-financed projects in 157 countries, totalling over $257 billion...
Latest publications
FAO Investment Centre – 2025 at a glance
09/2026
The FAO Investment Centre works with a growing network of partners to help countries invest in agrifood systems to reduce hunger, poverty and malnutrition and advance sustainable development. The Centre integrates the vast technical, analytical and policy expertise from across FAO into its 4+2 solutions, delivering tailored, multidisciplinary support to around 120 countries annually across five geographic service.
Financial and economic returns to investing in One Health: evidence and future directions
08/2026
This brief makes the case for investing in One Health—an integrated approach to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, plants and ecosystems. It outlines the institutional and financing mechanisms needed to scale cost-effective interventions from community to global level. It is part of the FAO Investment Centre’s Investment Brief series.
FAO Investment Centre – Annual Review 2025
06/2026
FAO, through its Investment Centre, works with a growing network of financing and knowledge partners to provide tailored and integrated investment and finance solutions that help countries achieve impact at scale. This Annual Review features a snapshot of the Centre’s work with its partners in 2025 and priorities for the coming years.
Soil health and fertilizer: Policy and investment prospects in sub-Saharan Africa
06/2026
This report by the FAO Investment Centre, in partnership with Agrinatura and the European Union, examines the structural, market and agronomic constraints to improving soil health and fertilizer use, and assesses the tools and options available to address them. It finds that raising yields will require increased mineral fertilizer use, complemented by proven agroecological and soil health management approaches.
Approaches to human capital investment: Lessons from experimental evidence
06/2026
This brief summarizes key findings from 44 experimental and quasi-experimental studies, assessing the impact of human capital interventions on farmer knowledge and productivity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Integrating sustainability-linked loans into agrifood finance: Opportunities and challenges
06/2026
This report summarizes the key findings and aims to inform development banks and other financial investors interested in issuing more and higher-quality SLLs to agrifood borrowers. Drawing on data collected in collaboration with the University of Florida, it combines the perspectives of commercial banks and agrifood companies to identify best practices that can be adapted to the specificities of developing economies.
Dos and don’ts of blended finance in agrifood systems: The case of investment funds
03/2026
This paper briefly reviews the definition of blended finance and the characteristics of blended funds in agrifood systems. It then focuses on lessons learned and finally makes recommendations to fund managers and concessional investors, that is, investors expecting a financial return below market rate.
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Annual Reviews
FAO Investment Centre – 2025 at a glance
09/2026
The FAO Investment Centre works with a growing network of partners to help countries invest in agrifood systems to reduce hunger, poverty and malnutrition...
Annual Reviews
FAO Investment Centre – Annual Review 2025
06/2026
FAO, through its Investment Centre, works with a growing network of financing and knowledge partners to provide tailored and integrated investment and...