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Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2023
Working paper, 2023
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 23-11.
This background paper to The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 introduces true cost accounting (TCA) as an approach to measure and value the costs and benefits generated by agrifood...
Available in:English
Policy brief, 2023
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 68.
Agrifood systems are invaluable to society. However, they also contribute to climate change and natural resource degradation while failing to provide healthy diets to all. Many of these...
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Working paper, 2023
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 23-08.
This background paper to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 discusses the dynamics and drivers of urbanization, the associated changes in agrifood systems and the...
Available in:English
Baseline territorial poverty profile and analysis
Information product, 2023
As part of the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, whose goal is to help reach Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 2, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with the Government of Ethiopia...
Available in:English
A global update with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa
Working paper, 2023
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 23-05.
This working paper is the update of an earlier cross-country study on household income sources using an expanded harmonized dataset. The analysis presented covers a total of 93 surveys...
Available in:English
Policy brief, 2023
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 66.
Livelihood diversification continues to be the norm rather than the exception globally. This means that, to be successful, livelihood support interventions need to consider households’ decisions in terms...
Available in:English
Manual/guidelines, 2023
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and agriculture have been felt all over the world. As the pandemic unfolded, considerable attention began to be paid to the resilience of agricultural supply chains to...
Available in:English
Policy brief, 2023
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 61.
The policy brief provides the main results and highlights of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study La agricultura familiar en el Perú - Brechas, retos y oportunidades (available...
Brechas, retos y oportunidades
Technical study, 2023
Economía del desarrollo agrícola de la FAO – Estudio técnico N.o 28.
El presente estudio proporciona una caracterización del acceso a los principales factores e insumos de producción, medios de vida y servicios de extensión de las...
Available in: Español
Una herramienta para priorizar inversiones en ganadería y cultivo de café, frijol y cacao
Technical study, 2023
Economía del desarrollo agrícola de la FAO – Estudio técnico N.o 27.
El presente estudio está enmarcado en el contexto del Programa Nacional de Apoyo a las Inversiones Rurales (PIR) de Nicaragua, y sigue la metodología...
Available in: Español