Publications
AREA OF WORK: Investments for sustainable markets, agribusiness and rural transformation
Realigning policy interventions on agricultural prices – Monitoring incentives in low- and middle-income countries during the first wave of COVID-19
08/2022
COVID-19 has resulted in a shock to agrifood systems around the world, with the potential for low- and middle-income countries to be particularly affected. Although policy responses were more muted than during the 2007–2008 world food crisis, efforts to insulate from supply shocks and ensure local availability during COVID-19 have generally included export restrictions and import tariff reductions, among other responses.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Papers
Youth employment through agribusiness and value chain development
06/2022
This policy brief is intended to sensitize Government decision makers and development partners, youth organizations and other stakeholders about the opportunities offered by applying a value chain approach that focuses on youth. Youth unemployment rates are on the rise, especially in rural Africa.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs
EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chains (EX-ACT VC) Guidelines. Second edition
05/2022
The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chains (EX-ACT VC) is a quantitative multi-appraisal tool that evaluates the sustainability of agrifood value chains simultaneously along several environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
The role of small and medium agrifood enterprises in rural transformation – The case of rice processors in Kenya
03/2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 17. This study looks at the business models of small and medium sized rice processors in Kenya in order to better understand the policy and technical support they need to grow and fulfil their role in agrifood systems transformation.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies
Policies and institutions shaping the business enabling environment of agrifood processors in Senegal – An analytical review of the literature for integrated policy making
03/2022
Small and medium agrifood enterprises (SMAEs) such as processors, transporters and other service providers, play an important role in achieving sustainable development objectives. For instance, they connect farmers to urban markets; make significant investments in rural areas; provide employment to vulnerable populations such as women and youth; and propel the modernization of agrifood value chains.
Prioritizing public investment in agriculture to spur Uganda’s inclusive economic recovery
02/2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 45. This brief summarizes the findings of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. 16 “Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being: an analysis of prospective scenarios for Uganda”.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs
Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being – An analysis of prospective scenarios for Uganda
02/2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 16. This study highlights how, through a series of scenarios, public investments promoting agricultural productivity in Uganda could drive growth in agrifood production, with favourable impacts on the economy, on well-being and on poverty, especially in rural areas.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies
Youth-sensitive value chain analysis and development – Guidelines for practitioners
02/2022
This publication is intended to assist field practitioners, youth organizations and other stakeholders to identify binding constraints and viable opportunities to youth engagement in value chains that can translate into greater youth inclusion.
Effects of land tenure rights formalization on household investments – The case of PRODEP in Nicaragua
12/2021
This study analyses the impacts of titling on tenure security, property value, access to credit, and household investments in the departments of Nueva Segovia, Jinotega y Chinandega, which are covered by Nicaragua’s Land Administration Programme (PRODEP).
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Papers
Enhancing the inclusiveness of agro-commodity procurement zones in Ethiopia – National poverty profile
12/2021
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 15. Identifying the pathways through which agricultural investments can be sustainable and inclusive requires assessments of the poverty, livelihoods and food security situation of the populations likely to be affected by such investments.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies
The impact of improved land administration in Nicaragua
12/2021
An impact evaluation of Nicaragua’s Land Administration Programme (PRODEP) finds that the programme ensured gender equality in the access to land titles, with women landholders more likely to obtain titles than men landholders.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs
Selecting value chains for sustainable food value chain development – Guidelines
11/2021
Value chain development can make significant contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because it is a powerful approach to address root causes and binding constraints that impede the sustainable development of food value chains.
Rural poverty analysis – From measuring poverty to profiling and targeting the poor in rural areas
10/2021
Reducing rural poverty is a key objective of FAO. To achieve this goal, the Organization must reach the poor and the extremely poor in rural areas, analysing their needs and aspirations and providing effective guidance for the design of policies and investments that foster inclusive and sustainable development.
A multi-billion-dollar opportunity – Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems
09/2021
Public support mechanisms for agriculture in many cases hinder the transformation towards healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and efficient food systems, thus actively steering us away from meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the Paris Agreement.
A multi-billion-dollar opportunity: Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems – In Brief
09/2021
Public support mechanisms for agriculture in many cases hinder the transformation towards healthier, more sustainable, equitable and efficient food systems, thus actively steering us away from meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the Paris Agreement.
Agricultural sector review in Lebanon
06/2021
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 12. The Agricultural Sector Review aims to provide an up-to-date picture of the current socioeconomic situation of the agricultural sector in Lebanon and to identify key challenges and evidence-based strategies for policy-making.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies
Strengthening Lebanon’s agricultural export support programmes
06/2021
The main factors limiting the growth of trade in Lebanese agricultural and food products include limited access to international markets, product quality and certification, inadequate trade infrastructure, lack of competitiveness, lack of trade agreements, and difficulties in substituting imported goods with domestic products.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs
Lebanon’s agricultural sector: challenges and opportunities
06/2021
The Agricultural Sector Review (ASR) provides an up to date picture of the current socio-economic situation of the agricultural sector in Lebanon, along with identifying key challenges of the sector and evidence-based strategies for policymaking.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs
Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being – An analysis of prospective scenarios for Mexico
05/2021
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 11. Mexico's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted unprecedentedly as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. While the primary sector has relatively been the most resilient, the agriculture sector lacks sufficiently strong productive dynamism and has high rates of informal work and low wages.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Studies
Fiscal policies to fight malnutrition – An analysis of the sugar-sweetened beverages tax in Catalonia, Spain
04/2021
This paper analyses the potential signalling effect from a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) that Catalonia introduced in May 2017, with a view to understand the ways in which, and the extent to which taxes discourage SSBs consumption.
Series: FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Papers
