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 4
Policy brief, 2017
As urban food markets have grown rapidly in recent decades, so too have rural–urban food supply chains. Urbanization and higher incomes are shifting dietary patterns away from staples and towards higher-value products (fish, meat, eggs,...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 3
Policy brief, 2017
Achieving the SDGs to end hunger and extreme poverty by 2030 will depend crucially on developing rural areas in the poorest nations of the world. More resources need to be allocated for investment in rural...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 2
Policy brief, 2017
Crop diversification is often promoted as a strategy to achieve climate resilience. However, the benefits to crop diversification may vary depending on household resource endowments. For farm households with few resources, as shown by studies...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 1
Policy brief, 2017
The brief contains recommendations and a framework for developing an Institutional Food Procurement Programme (IFPP) based on lessons from ten case study appraisals of WFP's purchase for progress initiative and Brazil's national food procurement programmes....
Available in:English