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EX-ACT country case study – Viet Nam
Technical brief, 2017
This working document presents the results of an EX-ACT Greenhouse Gas appraisal of the "Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Project (MD-ICRSL)" conducted with the MD-ICRSL team during the EX-ACT workshop organized by...
Available in:English
Technical brief, 2017
Contract farming session report: Making the connection - value chains for transforming smallholder agriculture. This short report can act as a brief in order to improve the understanding on the benefits and challenges of contract...
Available in:English
Manual/guide, 2017
The Inclusive Business Model (IBM) training of trainers package aims to improve the delivery and quality of results of smallholder-market linkage initiatives. The training orients development practitioners to take into account the needs of small...
Available in:English
EX-ACT blue carbon case study – Gabon
Technical brief, 2017
This report presents the results of an Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT) Greenhouse Gas appraisal of the project “Sustainable management of critical wetland ecosystems” in Gabon. The project aims to improve protection of biodiversity in selected...
Available in:English
Quick guidance
Manual/guide, 2017
In order to facilitate the different activities of targeting climate change mitigation in agriculture, decision makers can today choose from a wider range of available greenhouse gas (GHG) tools. These tools follow different main objectives...
Available in:English
Guidelines
Manual/guide, 2017
This manual explains how to use the EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chain (EX-ACT VC) and how to address a multi-impact appraisal in terms of socio-economic and environmental performance of value chains. These guidelines justify...
Available in:English
Findings from WFP’s Purchase for Progress initiative and Brazil’s food procurement programmes
Technical study, 2017
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 1.
Institutional food procurement programmes (IFPPs) refer to initiatives that are designed to link institutional demand for food to broader development objectives. In developing countries, IFPPs are increasingly viewed...
Available in:English
ESA Working Paper 12-09
Working paper, 2012
Investment in agriculture is widely recognized as crucial for economic growth, poverty reduction and improved food and nutrition security. Although several estimates have been made of how much investment is needed in agriculture to achieve...
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Investing in agriculture for a better future
Corporate publications, 2012
Investing in agriculture is essential for reducing hunger and promoting sustainable agricultural production. Those parts of the world where agricultural capital per worker and public investments in agriculture have stagnated are the epicentres of poverty...
Investing in agriculture for a better future
Corporate publications, 2012
A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture 2012, the In Brief is aimed at the media, policymakers and more general public.