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 24
Policy brief, 2020
Notwithstanding an increasing demand for their derived products, roots and tubers value chains in Africa remain loose, fragmented and informal, and many market opportunities remain unexploited. Some encouraging new investment initiatives in roots and tubers...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 23
Policy brief, 2020
Even if roots and tubers are generally tolerant to poor soils and droughts, they can be affected by climate variability and change. In order to address climate risks, value chains’ actors require timely and accurate...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 22
Policy brief, 2020
It is projected that climate change will affect rainfall patterns in South Asia and will contribute to a decline in water availability for rice cultivation in the region. In Sri Lanka, where rice is both...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 21
Policy brief, 2020
This brief details the three functional elements of climate vulnerability: risk exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity, in order to assess the interactions between participation in Malawi’s largest public works programme, the Malawi Social Action Fund...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 20
Policy brief, 2020
This policy brief analyses institutional challenges faced by Guyana’s agricultural sector to promote diversification and development. Agricultural development in Guyana is strongly correlated with agricultural diversification, hence diversification strategies can be used to promote growth...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 19
Policy brief, 2019
Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, it is not a given that reducing food loss and waste in any...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 18
Policy brief, 2019
The high cost to Ecuador’s national budget of maintaining a minimum guaranteed producer price for rice led to the introduction of a price bracket system in 2017. The minimum support price policy and a complimentary...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 17
Policy brief, 2019
This policy brief analyses Ecuador’s trade, productive and price policies for maize and their effect on farmers’ level of protection. The minimum support price enacted until 2017, turned out to be a non-operative policy due...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 16
Policy brief, 2019
Uganda is one of the largest refugee hosting countries in Africa, with more than 1.1 million refugees. The Uganda Refugee Policy (2006) and the Refugee Regulations (2010) grant refugees wide-ranging rights hinged on a strategy...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 15
Policy brief, 2018
This policy brief analyses the outcomes of targeted early actions in Mongolia during the winter of 2017 to 2018, triggered by warnings that extreme weather posed a major risk to vulnerable livestock herders. It evaluates...
Available in:English