An insightful webinar carried out on 4 May 2023 by the FAO Technical Network on Poverty Analysis (THINK-PA), revealed the distressing results of a research entitled “Does hotter temperature increase poverty and inequality? Global evidence from subnational...

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, researchers and project managers alike through the...

A new paper titled Food insecurity and poverty – A cross-country analysis using national household survey data carried out by members of the FAO Technical Network on Poverty Analysis (THINK-PA) has uncovered important insights into the complex relationship...

FAO is engaged with French Institutions to enhance foresight activities in support to the transformation of agrifood systems. In April, the Policy Intelligence Branch - Global Perspectives (PIB-GP) in the FAO Agrifood Economics Division (ESA) met with Bruno Herault, Head...

The Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) team of the Agrifood Economics Division at FAO and the FAO Uganda Office held a high-level meeting on 29 March 2023 with officials from Uganda’s National Planning Authority (NPA) to present...

The Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme of the Agrifood Economics Division at FAO was invited to attend and present findings on reference price formulas for soybean, sesame and sunflower seeds during the dissemination event of the...

Indicators on the cost and affordability of a healthy diet (CoAHD) developed under the technical leadership of the Agrifood Economics Division are now available for all countries on the Organization’s data hub, FAOSTAT, signalling a major step forward...

A two-day training in Nairobi on a policy monitoring methodology used by the Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural policies (MAFAP) team of the Agrifood Economics Division at FAO has been held for officials working on the analysis of Kenya's...

The Agrifood Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Government of Uganda, have unveiled a package of economic reports to policymakers in Kampala in efforts to prioritize and repurpose future investments...

The Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme, which is housed in the Agrifood Economics Division (ESA) at FAO, has kicked off its new phase of technical and policy support together with the Government of Ethiopia.

Over the next...