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Information product, 2022
The Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme is a leading policy support initiative at FAO that works with countries in Africa to strategically prioritize, reform and implement policies on food and agriculture....
An analytical review of the literature for integrated policy making
Information product, 2022
Small and medium agrifood enterprises (SMAEs) such as processors, transporters and other service providers, play an important role in achieving sustainable development objectives. For instance, they connect farmers to urban markets; make significant investments in...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 45
Policy brief, 2022
This brief summarizes the findings of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. 16 Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being: an analysis of prospective scenarios for Uganda (available at https://doi.org/10.4060/cb8730en).
It...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. 16
Technical study, 2022
This study highlights how, through a series of scenarios, public investments promoting agricultural productivity in Uganda could drive growth in agrifood production, with favourable impacts on the economy, on well-being and on poverty, especially in rural...
Available in:English
Guidelines for practitioners
Manual/guidelines, 2022
This publication is intended to assist field practitioners, youth organizations and other stakeholders to identify binding constraints and viable opportunities to youth engagement in value chains that can translate into greater youth inclusion. Considering youth...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. 15
Technical study, 2021
Identifying the pathways through which agricultural investments can be sustainable and inclusive requires assessments of the poverty, livelihoods and food security situation of the populations likely to be affected by such investments. This technical study...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 44
Policy brief, 2021
An impact evaluation of Nicaragua’s Land Administration Programme (PRODEP) finds that the programme ensured gender equality in the access to land titles, with women landholders more likely to obtain titles than men landholders. The programme...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 21-11
Working paper, 2021
This study analyses the impacts of titling on tenure security, property value, access to credit, and household investments in the departments of Nueva Segovia, Jinotega y Chinandega, which are covered by Nicaragua’s Land Administration Programme...
Available in:English
Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses
Major report, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of agrifood systems to shocks and stresses and led to increased global food insecurity and malnutrition. Action is needed to make agrifood systems more resilient, efficient, sustainable and inclusive.
The...
Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses
Major report, 2021
The In Brief version of the FAO flagship publication, In Brief to The State of Food and Agriculture 2021, contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media,...