Given the tremendous uncertainty in today’s world – from the global COVID-19 pandemic to climate change – transforming our food systems to be more inclusive, green, resilient and equitable is more urgent than ever.  Making more and better investments i

A valuable encounter at an FAO -organized study tour last year gave Keti Tomeishvili, a Georgian vegetable producer, the lucrative idea of growing culinary herbs alongside her cucumbers. This opportunity, coupled with high demand for herbs in neighbouring

Four out of five Malians living in rural communities do not have access to financial capital to develop economic activities. This can result in food shortages, reliance on a subsistence economy and no financial safety net. FAO is providing technical assi

FAO is supporting the African Union to promote sustainable agricultural mechanization across the continent to boost agricultural production and productivity to feed a growing and rapidly urbanizing population. Sustainable mechanization – from simple hand

In sub-Saharan Africa, the working age population will likely double by 2050 – even sooner in some parts.  In Senegal, where youth are a majority, rural unemployment and underemployment rates are high. As a result, many young people are fleeing to cities

In 2019, the IDB requested the Centre’s technical assistance in the design of the Bank’s USD 90 million Comprehensive Rural Development and Productivity Project in Honduras. This was thanks largely to the Centre’s earlier study and policy efforts on the u

Peru is using innovation to transform its fisheries and aquaculture sector – a move designed to boost productivity, open up new markets and safeguard the country’s natural resources. With The World Bank funding and FAO investment expertise, the Peruvian

La biodiversité, les paysages à couper le souffle et la culture gastronomique locale inexploitée du Monténégro créent des opportunités intéressantes pour les communautés rurales du nord du pays.

The Egyptian Government has long subsidized baladi bread – a mainstay in the Egyptian diet – made from 82 percent wheat flour extraction, with wheat purchased domestically and abroad. To keep this guarantee and feed its vast and growing population, Egypt

Improving Bangladeshi farmers’ access to markets, technical knowledge and finance is the focus of a three-year USD 2.5 million project funded through the GAFSP’s MMI. The Centre, which supported the project’s design, is its supervising entity. The projec

FAO teamed up with Google to develop Earth Map, a free, easy-to-use tool that accesses and analyses geospatial data. It provides unprecedented access for visualizing and interacting with earth observation datasets and overcomes big data limitations for us

The GAFSP awarded USD 12 million to Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia in 2019 as part of a multi-country funding proposal prepared by FAO and IFAD. GAFSP offered USD 100 million in competitive grant funding, ca

Today, the Green Climate Fund Board approved a project in Armenia, formulated with FAO support, to enhance climate change adaptation and mitigation, promote rural green growth, and increase the resilience of forests. Climate change threatens over 15 perc

John Preissing, Deputy Director of the FAO Investment Centre, has long been an advocate for investing in farmers. He recently spoke about its importance as well as a new global study by FAO and partners on agriculture human capital investment.  Why is th

The new law, designed by FAO/EBRD, provides the building blocks for modern agricultural cooperation in Ukraine. Agricultural cooperatives can improve farmers’ productivity, bargaining power and profitability. Efforts are needed to strengthen existing

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered terrible shocks to the food industry. But international cooperation overcame initial protectionist measures in the global food trade. The international community now needs to build more resilient regional food systems pos

Government of Serbia, EBRD and FAO to support country’s agriculture New approach to increase productivity of arable land Investments will also seek to boost sustainability and climate resilience. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

E-commerce platforms, traceability systems, smart contracts, blockchains – these are just some of the digital technologies that can improve small-scale farmers’ access to markets. The third of four Transforming Agriculture in Africa Through Digitiz

In May, FAO launched a series of interactive online trainings to strengthen the Uganda Development Bank’s (UDB) knowledge of agriculture’s environmental impact, as well as its capacity to assess the greenhouse gas emissions and carbon balance of loan appl

What are some of the barriers keeping small farmers in Africa from adopting digital advisory services?  What do we mean by big data? What can governments do to encourage greater digital uptake? These were some of the questions addressed during the second