The Investment Centre and the World Bank are working with the Government of Ethiopia to make the country’s livestock and fisheries sector more productive, inclusive, resilient and profitable. 

Participatory, interactive and bottom-up – that is the essence of RuralInvest, a tool developed by FAO nearly two decades ago for preparing sustainable agricultural and rural investment projects and business plans.

Poverty eradication is a top priority for the Chinese Government, whose strategy focuses on value chain development, training, job creation, access to finance, safety nets for poor people unable to work and voluntary resettlement of rural dwellers living

FAO is supporting a project financed through the CDB to diversify Jamaica’s agricultural production – a move aimed at revitalizing the country’s agriculture sector. 

Four out of five Malians living in rural communities do not have access to financial capital to develop economic activities. 

FAO and the EBRD have adapted a mobile app – Collect Mobile – from the OpenForis suite (a set of free and open-source software tools) to help milk processors in Kazakhstan geo-locate the hundreds of raw milk suppliers scattered across the massive country.

From technical consultations to public-private policydialogue, FAO’s work with the Egyptian Government and partners on Egypt’s wheat sector is leading to greater efficiency, regulatory changes and an environment more conducive to private sector investment

The World Bank’s Strengthening Markets for Agriculture and Rural Transformation (SMART) project is helping farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab province increase their crop and livestock productivity, improve their climate resilience and foster agribusiness devel

When the World Bank wanted an end-of-project evaluation of its Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project, it turned to the Investment Centre, a trusted partner.  Bihar is one of the poorest states in India. Malnourishment, social marginalization and migration are

With funding from the EBRD and input from the International Energy Agency, FAO developed a methodology that guides countries and investors in assessing the market penetration of diverse climate technologies in the agrifood sector.

Years of conflict and a protracted humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) that forced nearly one in four people from their homes have left the country in a fragile state. CAR embarked on the slow road to recovery following presidential

Ukraine is well on its way to establishing a legal framework on self-regulation – a mechanism that will improve standards in the agribusiness sector and provide private companies with an opportunity to boost their role in defining their future. The legal

Strategic alliance includes commitment to raise funds to promote food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development The African Development Bank (AfDB) and FAO today agreed to boost joint efforts aimed at catalysing agriculture sector investmen

Montenegro is looking to strengthen the links between agriculture, food and tourism, uniting its mesmerising coastline and spectacular mountains with its traditional foods – ranging from speciality cheeses and cured hams to bitter greens and crisp wines.

Sans frais supplémentaires, les oléiculteurs tunisiens peuvent augmenter les rendements et la qualité de leur huile. « Par quel miracle ? », vous demanderez-vous. La réponse est : en faisant un meilleur usage de l'eau.  L'année dernière, lors d'une confé

The FAO Investment Centre provides a wide range of investment support services to developing and transition countries, and demand for those services is “high and continues to grow,” said Investment Centre Director Mohamed Manssouri.

Kutaisi, Georgia, is home to over 1 000 producers of culinary herbs, and for one day last month it was home to more than 60 industry players who met for an international conference to discuss investment opportunities in the culinary herbs value chain. 

The FAO Investment Centre welcomed over 120 participants to its ninth annual knowledge-sharing event – Investment Days – in July at FAO’s headquarters in Rome. 

The use of RuralInvest – a free, multilingual tool for preparing bankable agricultural and rural development investment projects and business plans – is growing steadily.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from Luxembourg, have been working with the Serbian Government and the Serbian Union of Cooperatives.