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EX-ACT year in review: Over 4 000 global users in 2025
30/01/2026

Since its launch in October 2024, the Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool (EX-ACT) web application has seen a remarkable spike in uptake. Designed to&nbs...

FAO–LICOP workshop highlights role of living income in strengthening smallholder resilience
02/12/2025

A multistakeholder workshop on living income for smallholder farmers convened at FAO headquarters on October 24 brought together representa...

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FAO strengthens support for Ethiopia’s Contract Farming and digital innovations
21/01/2025
As part of ongoing efforts to enhance Ethiopia’s agribusiness landscape, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reinforced its support for the country’s newly enacted Agricultural Production Contract Proclamation No. 1289/2023. 
FAO advocates for responsible contract farming at International Conference in Kenya
20/01/2025
FAO reaffirmed its commitment to promoting responsible contract farming and sustainable agribusiness development in Africa at the International Conference on Contract Farming (ICCF), held in Nairobi from 12 to 16 November 2024. 
FAO and partners work together towards a decent living income for cocoa producers in Cameroon: preliminary findings shared with key stakeholders
27/11/2024

On Friday 22 November 2024 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, an important validation workshop was held to present the preliminary findings from a survey on the income of cocoa producers to key stakeholders in the cocoa sector. The session took place as part of the

FAO's Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum drives agricultural transformation with over USD 15 billion sought in agrifood investment proposals
22/11/2024
The third and largest edition of the Hand-in-Hand (HIH) Investment Forum took place from 15 to 17 October 2024 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. 
FAO unveils the new-look EX-ACT, as the climate-change mitigation tool goes digital
18/10/2024
EX-ACT, managed by the Agrifood Economics and Policy Division at FAO, has a host of new features such as yearly carbon balances, geospatial maps and has better user experience. 
STAT SANOI data platform: revolutionizing food security and nutrition monitoring in the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles
27/04/2024
On 8 November 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and with funding from the European Union have announced the implementation of the STAT SANOI data platform in the IOC countries.
New e-learning course for FAO’s EX-ACT – the climate change mitigation tool that calculates the greenhouse gases emissions of agricultural investments, projects and policies
03/05/2023

A new course on quantifying the effects of activities, investments, projects, or policies on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using the FAO Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) is now available online for policymakers...

Shaping policy and investment
25/05/2018
An interview with colleagues from TCI and ESA discuss a unique collaboration effort with the Caribbean Development Bank to produce a regional state of food report
Guiding policy and investment
12/04/2018
FAO is poised to become a policy and investment powerhouse through a new cooperative agreement with the Caribbean Development Bank
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