Agrifood systems shape food security, livelihoods and environmental sustainability worldwide. Transforming agrifood systems is essential to address hunger, climate change, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, and is recognized as one of the United Nations’ six key transitions for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

FAO’s Analytical Support Mechanism for Agrifood System Country Programming and Evidence (SCOPE) provides data, evidence-based analysis and expertise on demand to help countries accelerate agrifood system transformation. Its regional delivery model decentralizes specialized technical capacity, bringing expertise closer to where national decisions are made. It operates during the critical window when United Nations programming frameworks are formulated — a moment when data and evidence have the greatest leverage.

By strengthening national planning processes through reliable data and multidisciplinary analytical support, SCOPE helps turn agrifood strategies into effective and coordinated action, reinforcing the analytical foundations that underpin targeted policy advice and catalytic investment. SCOPE delivers this through a three-level analytical approach, moving from system diagnosis to actionable solutions.