How to best channel capital to finance agrifood systems? Different models have been tested: public subsidies, investments from development banks, loans from commercial financial institutions, pre-financing from off-takers and others. Despite all these attempts, the unmet financing needs of far...

The FAO From Seeds to Foods global exhibition is back for a second year! From 8 to 12 October 2026, under the theme Fostering Innovation for Food Security and Nutrition, visitors will be taken on an immersive journey from seeds to foods, exploring how innovation, knowledge and collaboration are transforming agrifood systems and helping bring nutritious food from farm to table.

Pacific Island small island developing states (SIDS) face similar challenges, including domestic food production constraints, high import costs due to geographic isolation, extreme climate vulnerability, and malnutrition.

В аймаке Тув в Монголии женщина-фермер, ранее занимавшаяся пастбищным животноводством, а теперь разводящая молочный скот, на собственном примере показывает, как инвестиции в климатически оптимизированное сельское хозяйство, цифровые технологии и даже ее собственный голос помогают создавать более невосприимчивое к внешним воздействиям будущее для молочной отрасли страны. 

A new brief from the FAO Investment Centre, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), examines the long-term, added value of investing in One Health – an integrated approach that recognizes the connections between human, animal, plant and ecosystem health.

Reliable access to water for irrigation and livestock intake is increasingly critical for agricultural production and rural development in the face of growing climate variability. At the same time, safe water for drinking, sanitation and hygiene remains essential for people’s health and well-being. In Argentina, water stress is placing growing pressure on agrifood systems, highlighting the need for more efficient and sustainable water management.

Interest in bioinputs gained traction in Latin America and the Caribbean several years ago, following the onset of the war in Ukraine and the resulting rising food and fertilizer prices. And it has picked up again amid the current standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital sea passage that moves between 20 and 30 percent of globally traded fertilizers. Much is known about the benefits of bioinputs. They can improve soil health and enhance ecosystem sustainability. They are also less harmful to human health and the environment.

Сельское хозяйство играет центральную роль в экономике Узбекистана. Являясь одним из основных источников выбросов парниковых газов, оно также в значительной степени подвержено климатическим рискам.

Agrifood systems are being tested like never before, threatening global food security, livelihoods, peace and stability. Investment is critical to transforming agrifood systems and “turning potential into progress,” FAO Director-General QU Dongyu wrote in the Foreword to the FAO Investment Centre’s Annual Review for 2025. The Annual Review – out today – offers a snapshot of the Centre’s work with its partners to accelerate the pace of change through more and better agrifood investment.

A new technical report – Soil health and fertilizer: Policy and investment prospects in sub-Saharan Africa – highlights the urgent need for a more integrated and context-specific approach to enhance agricultural productivity and food security. It looks closely at constraints behind low fertilizer use, soil fertility practices, farming systems and other factors hamstringing agricultural productivity. 

FAO Investment Centre and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) have released the fourth and final brief in a series exploring how finance, prices, technology and human capital, and decisions around them shape agricultural investment and productivity.

Agrifood systems are under growing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect biodiversity, improve water stewardship and ensure more sustainable production practices. Financial institutions are increasingly expected to support this transition by integrating sustainability considerations into lending decisions. 

A EUR 30 million credit line from the Italian bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to Equity Bank Kenya will ease access to finance for small and medium-sized agrifood enterprises. The transaction will receive technical support from the FAO Investment Centre as part of the Transforming and Empowering Resilient and Responsible Agribusiness ("TERRA") programme, a joint initiative supported by the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) guarantee of the European Union, CDP and FAO.

The World Bank Group and the FAO Investment Centre just published a joint public expenditure and price incentive analysis to support the Government of Niger to assess how to improve the efficiency and impact of its agricultural policies.

A regional workshop brought together key stakeholders involved in combating the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on 14–15 April 2026. The meeting resulted in the adoption of a structured five-year roadmap (2026–2031) to operationalize the regional strategy to address this disease affecting cocoa production.

Blended finance – the use of public or philanthropic money to mobilize private investment for sustainable development – quickly gained traction as one way to bridge the huge agrifood systems financing gap, which stands at hundreds of billions of USD. FAO’s new investment brief – “Dos and don'ts of blended finance in agrifood systems: the case of investment funds” – carried out in the context of its collaboration with the European Union, aims to help public and private investors make the best use of blended finance in agrifood systems.

Egypt’s horticulture exports have excellent potential for growth in European and other global markets, especially with strategic investments in food safety and quality, sustainability and supply chain infrastructure. These are some of the findings of a study conducted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the FAO Investment Centre, with support from the European Union through EBRD’s Trade and Competitiveness Programme.

Initially launched in 2015, the Land Administration Toolkit for Latin America is relaunched with new features and enhanced user experience. The previous version attracted around 1,000 users each month, from across the globe. Its objective is to provide comprehensive resources to accompany the design, monitoring and evaluation of land administration programs in the region.

В Кыргызстане Европейский банк реконструкции и развития (ЕБРР) при технической поддержке Инвестиционного центра ФАО оказывает поддержку клиенту ЕБРР, закупающему бобовые у местных фермеров с небольшими наделами, чтобы расширить территорию их возведения , в том числе в новых регионах, где долгое время доминировали основные продовольственные культуры.  

Черный инжир и персики, которые производятся в турецкой провинции Бурса, занимают особое место среди продуктов этого региона, славящегося своими овощами и фруктами. Эти плоды получили статус продукта с национальным географическим указанием (ГУ) в 2018 и 2019 годах соответственно, а в 2024 году им было присвоено ГУ Европейского союза.