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Policy brief, 2026
This policy brief summarizes Rwanda’s journey to embed traceability in the coffee value chain. Over the last few years, greater emphasis has been placed on tracking and tracing transactions in the coffee value chain to...
Available in:English
An applied resource to guide context-specific programming for resilience to food insecurity
Manual/guide, 2026
Food crises are becoming more frequent, more complex and more expensive – while available funding continues to shrink. Acting earlier and building resilience is no longer just better. It’s essential. Every year, droughts, floods, war...
Available in:English
Policy brief, 2026
The policy brief is a compendium of the FAO technical guide “Resilience toolbox – An applied resource to guide context-specific programming for resilience to food insecurity”. It provides practical, evidence-based guidance to translate knowledge and...
Available in:English
Emerging evidence on socioeconomic outcomes
Technical report, 2026
Social protection systems are increasingly recognized as pivotal tools for building resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate-related shocks, especially among populations in low- and middle-income countries.This literature review synthesizes recent empirical evidence on the socioeconomic...
Available in:English
Impacts on energy and fertilizer trade, and food security
Technical brief, 2026
The escalation of conflict in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Middle East has sharply increased risks to global energy, fertilizer, and agrifood systems. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for oil, gas,...
Available in:English
User guide
Manual/guide, 2026
This user guide provides practical guidance for operating the Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool (EX-ACT) online app for assessing environmental externalities in agrifood system interventions. It focuses on helping users navigate the interface, understand the structure...
Available in:English
Technical report, 2026
This report applies FAO’s strategic foresight framework to examine the long-term transformation pathways of agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. The analysis is conducted in a context marked by structural economic fragilities, persistent...
Available in:English
A review of available evidence
Technical report, 2026
This report reviews how fiscal policy repurposing – through taxes and subsidies – can be used as a lever to promote healthier diets and advance global nutrition and non-communicable diseases targets. It first maps the...
Available in:English
An analysis of the transmission channels of commodity terms of trade shocks
Working paper, 2026
Cross-country interdependencies have been identified in the FAO’s report "The future of food and agriculture – Drivers and triggers for transformation" as one of eighteen key drivers of agrifood systems. These interdependencies, and particularly commodity...
Available in:English
Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme
Technical report, 2026
Sorghum is a key crop for food security, nutrition, and climate resilience in Ethiopia, yet its development potential remains largely untapped. Despite being cultivated by nearly five million farmers, positioning Ethiopia as the world’s sixth-largest...
Available in:English