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Policy brief, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 57.
This policy brief highlights the main challenges of public spending on food and agriculture in selected sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Public spending – or expenditure – on food...
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Policy brief, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 56.
This policy brief highlights the main findings of a new methodology to identify geographical areas where, in theory, investments are likely to have big impacts in terms of...
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An application to Uganda
Working paper, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-12.
In this paper, we propose a simple methodology to select a limited number of geographical areas to prioritize for commodity-specific investments in Uganda. Similar to other approaches for...
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Leveraging agricultural automation for transforming agrifood systems
Major report, 2022
Automation has been shaping world agriculture since the early twentieth century. Motorized mechanization has brought significant benefits in terms of improved productivity, reduced drudgery and more efficient allocation of labour, but also some negative environmental...
Leveraging automation in agriculture for transforming agrifood systems
Major report, 2022
The In Brief version of the FAO flagship publication, In Brief to The State of Food and Agriculture 2022, contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media,...
Policy brief, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 55.
Motorized mechanization is an important form of agricultural automation and has the capacity to transform agriculture and rural livelihoods. Its benefits have resulted in a substantial increase in...
Available in:English
Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
Working paper, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-11.
This paper provides an overview of the state of agricultural mechanization across the Global South – i.e. Eastern and South-eastern Asia, Southern Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and...
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Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Technical study, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 23.
After decreasing for nearly a decade, hunger is once again on the rise. The major drivers behind this reversal – especially in low- and middle-income countries – are...
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Technical note
Country case study, 2022
The livestock sector accounts for about 17 percent of agricultural value added and 4.3 percent of Ugandan GDP. Among the livestock subsectors, cattle is the most important one, as Uganda has 14.2 million cattle, of...
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Policy brief, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 49.
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a shock on agrifood systems around the world, with the potential for low- and middle-income countries to be particularly affected. As containment measures...
Available in:English