Assessment and prioritization
The first steps in the ASTA process aim to identify the right value chains and establish the governance and coordination mechanisms needed to transform them.
The assessment includes the following elements:
Prioritization
Using FAO’s Sustainable Food Value Chain approach and tools, ASTA works with governments through an evidence-based, participatory process to help identify value chains with the greatest potential for feasible, high-impact transformation.
Coordination
For each selected value chain, ASTA supports the creation of inclusive multi-stakeholder platforms if they do not already exist, strengthening coordination, trust, long-term collaboration and joint decision-making.
Empowerment
ASTA strengthens these multi-stakeholder platforms by enhancing their capacity to identify structural constraints, align priorities, and prepare the co-design of systems solutions across the value chain and enabling environment.
By selecting the right value chains and building strong coordination mechanisms from the outset, ASTA creates the conditions for systems-based solutions that can unlock investment, accelerate innovation, and generate lasting agrifood systems transformation.