FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs
About the series (ISSN 2520-6540)
The FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs series covers policy messages and recommendations from across the Agricultural Development Economics Division focusing on different themes, such as food security and nutrition global trends and governance; food security and resilience; sustainable markets, agribusinesses and rural transformations; and climate-smart agriculture
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief No. 54
Policy brief, 2022
The adoption of digital automation technologies in agriculture has been slow despite its potential to enhance the precision of agricultural operations, improve working conditions, and address environmental challenges, while building resilience to shocks and stresses....
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief No. 53
Policy brief, 2022
Agricultural automation reshapes the labour market. In situations of rising wages and labour scarcity, agricultural automation can stimulate employment by allowing producers to expand production and by creating jobs along agrifood systems. Conversely, when labour...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief No. 52
Policy brief, 2022
This study presents prospective scenarios that provide information on where, within Paraguayan agriculture, the few public investment resources that would be allocated to the sector should be prioritized. A new public investment equivalent to 0.25%...
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs 51
Policy brief, 2022
The findings in this brief have been adapted from the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 22-08 Enhancing refugees’ self-reliance in Uganda – The role of cash and food assistance.
Rethinking the land-based self-reliance model is...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs 50
Policy brief, 2022
Guyana’s agrifood systems are facing an increasing level of risk: rising sea-levels are eroding its coastal area, where much of the agricultural activity is located; recent off-shore oil discoveries threaten to crowd-out non-oil sectors; and...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs 49
Policy brief, 2022
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 disrupt access to agricultural inputs and markets,...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Briefs 48
Policy brief, 2022
This brief summarizes the findings of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 22-04 Repurposing agriculture's public budget to align healthy diets affordability and agricultural transformation objectives in Ethiopia, and it belongs to a set...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 47
Policy brief, 2022
The findings of this brief have been adapted from the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 22-02 Reducing vulnerability to weather shocks through social protection – Evidence from the implementation of Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP)...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 46
Policy brief, 2022
This policy brief is intended to sensitize Government decision makers and development partners, youth organizations and other stakeholders about the opportunities offered by applying a value chain approach that focuses on youth. Youth unemployment rates...
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...
Available in:English