Publications
Boosting agrifood trade competitiveness – How an Agrifood Competitiveness and Trade (ACT) analysis can support countries in unlocking the potential of agrifood imports and exports
28/11/2025
The brochure presents the Agrifood Competitiveness and Trade (ACT) analysis as a tool for countries to pinpoint agrifood products with high potential for export growth or import substitution.
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Invertir de forma más inteligente en la alimentación y la agricultura – Aumentando la eficiencia del gasto público para lograr un triple beneficio con la Herramienta de optimización de políticas (PolOpT) de la FAO (Segunda edición)
27/10/2025
La Herramienta de optimización de políticas (PolOpT) de la FAO permite a los gobiernos reasignar sus presupuestos públicos destinados a la alimentación y la agricultura, redirigiendo recursos limitados para convertirlos en poderosos motores de cambio que impulsen una mayor transformación agrícola y mejoren la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en una era de restricciones fiscales severas. Leer más...
Spending smarter on food and agriculture – Making public spending more effective with FAO's Policy Optimization Tool (PolOpT). Second Edition, 2025
17/10/2025
This is the new, second edition brochure on FAO's Policy Optimization Tool (PolOpT) updated in 2025.
Nigeria food and agriculture policy monitoring review on federal public spending on food and agriculture and on price incentives for key country commodities
31/07/2025
This policy-monitoring review analyses Nigeria's public spending on food and agriculture (from 2015 to 2021) and on and price incentives for key food-security crops (maize, rice, sorghum) and major exports (cashew, cocoa) during the same time period. Findings stress the need to realign support with government priorities to implement the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Plan effectively and meet CAADP goals, as reaffirmed in the 2025 Kampala Declaration.
Cómo gastar mejor en la alimentación y la agricultura –Incrementando la eficiencia del gasto público con la Herramienta de optimización de políticas (PolOpT) de la FAO
11/06/2025
La Herramienta de optimización de políticas (PolOpT) de la FAO permite a los gobiernos reasignar sus presupuestos públicos destinados a la alimentación y la agricultura, redirigiendo recursos limitados para convertirlos en poderosos motores de cambio que impulsen una mayor transformación agrícola y mejoren la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en una era de restricciones fiscales severas.
Analysis of nutrition-sensitive public expenditure in Ethiopia's agrifood sector to enable healthy diets
20/05/2025
This study aims to provide an analysis of nutrition-sensitive public expenditure in the food and agriculture sector in Ethiopia, to inform and support the optimization of spending in the agrifood sector and increase the availability and affordability of healthy diets to improve nutrition outcomes.
Prioriser pour mieux diversifier les exportations du Burkina Faso – Analyse du potentiel de diversification de seize produits agricoles
09/05/2025
Cette étude vise à prioriser les produits agricoles selon leur potentiel à diversifier et accroître les exportations du Burkina Faso. Deux étapes structurent l’analyse: d’abord, la priorisation de 16 produits présélectionnés à partir de six indicateurs de spécialisation et de performance commerciale; ensuite, une analyse approfondie de ces produits, portant sur la dynamique des marchés et les facteurs influençant leur exportation.
The opportunity cost of not repurposing public expenditure in food and agriculture in sub-Saharan African countries – Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
20/12/2024
Repurposing public support to food and agriculture has gained significant global attention. In this paper, an innovative policy optimization modelling tool helps us assess what would happen if the limited budget allocated to the crops and livestock sectors in six of the sub-Saharan African countries were reallocated optimally across different policy support measures and subsectors/commodities, under the same budget constraint.
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Spending smarter on food and agriculture – Making public spending more effective with FAO's policy optimization tool (PolOpT)
11/12/2024
FAO’s Policy Optimization Tool (PolOpT) empowers governments to reallocate their public budgets on food and agriculture, repurposing limited resources into powerful drivers of change to achieve more agricultural transformation, and better food security and nutrition in an era of tight fiscal constraints. Find out more about PolOpT.
Optimizing public spending on food and agriculture: A gamechanger in lower-income countries
02/12/2024
While transforming agricultural policies is a key priority for lower-income countries, there is still a long road ahead to optimize their tight budgets and public support for agriculture. FAO's Marco V. Sánchez highlights the need to repurpose agricultural support and policies to transform food systems in lower-income countries in this article for ISSD's Trade and Sustainability Review.