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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Application of the Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool (EX-ACT)
Technical report, 2026
Assessing additionality is a critical element of project-level greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting to ensure that reported mitigation outcomes genuinely result from an intervention and would not have occurred in its absence. However, additionality in agrifood...
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A pilot study
Working paper, 2026
Metrics commonly used to assess household resilience fail to capture individual-level dietary vulnerabilities, particularly among women and young children. Considering individual dietary adequacy is essential, as it reflects a household's ability to maintain nutritional wellbeing...
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Technical brief, 2025
This report analyses Ghana’s public expenditure on food and agriculture from 2016 to 2023 using the FAO Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme indicators. These indicators track both the level and composition...
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Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025
Working paper, 2025
This paper analyzes food security outcomes under food price inflation across 154 countries from 2015-2023, examining how different policy landscapes shape heterogeneous responses. Using group-based trajectory modeling, we identify distinct patterns in the co-evolution of...
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Technical brief, 2025
In 2024, FAO delivered anticipatory cash transfers to 2 400 households in Somalia, triggered by early warning information from the Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM), ahead of peak drought conditions. One of the...
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Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025
Working paper, 2025
This paper analyses global retail food consumer prices to uncover structural factors shaping the cost and affordability of healthy diets. Using data from 2011, 2017, and 2021, the study finds that prices vary systematically by...
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