Notes de politique de la FAO sur l'économie du développement agricole
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 9
Note de politique, 2018
The Karamoja region, in North East Uganda, is one of the least developed regions of the country, and is highly vulnerable to resource-based conflict and climate change variability. Addressing food insecurity of vulnerable people is...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 8
Note de politique, 2018
In sub-Saharan Africa, crop diversification features prominently in many countries’ climate change adaptation strategies. This study focuses on the determinants of adoption and on the impact of seven cropping systems in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia....
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 7
Note de politique, 2018
Against a background of limited government resources, public–private partnerships are increasingly being promoted as a mechanism for pooling financing, increasing efficiency and mitigating some of the risks of doing business in the agrifood sector. A...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 6
Note de politique, 2018
Agriculture remains the single most important employer in many developing country, as there are about 200 million unemployed nowadays and many more underemployed. Opportunities arise in agriculture and food systems thanks to a growing middle...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 5
Note de politique, 2017
By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Should we thus be more concerned with urban development? On the contrary, we should still focus on rural development, as this will remain...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 4
Note de politique, 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,...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 3
Note de politique, 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...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 2
Note de politique, 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...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 1
Note de politique, 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....
Disponible sur:English