Publications
OECD‑FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains
01/2016
The OECD-FAO guidance helps enterprises observe standards of responsible business conduct to ensure that their operations do not lead to...
Purchase for Progress: investment analysis for institutional procurement - Country case study: Tanzania
01/2016
The study aims to investigate the main benefits arising from the Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative and its impact on...
Morocco: adoption of climate technologies in the agrifood sector
01/2016
The publication aims to provide a better understanding of the market penetration of selected green technologies in Morocco’s agrifood sector...
Regenerating forests and livelihoods in Nepal
01/2015
Leasehold forestry is a new kind of property rights regime that started in Nepal about 20 years ago. It has...
Water along the food chain: Jordan
01/2015
Irrigation alone contributes to about 60 percent of the total water usage in Jordan. Huge investments have been made to...
Wheat sector review: Egypt
01/2015
Egypt is by far the largest importer of wheat globally. The strategic importance of the wheat sector has resulted in...
Designing nutrition sensitive agriculture investments
01/2015
Investments in agriculture and food systems are essential to improve the availability, accessibility and consumption of nutritious foods. This manual...
Concevoir des investissements agricoles sensibles à la nutrition
01/2015
Les investissements dans l’agriculture et les systèmes alimentaires sont essentiels si l’on veut améliorer la disponibilité, l’accessibilité et la consommation...
Tunisie, analyse de la filière agricole
01/2015
L’huile d’olive est un produit stratégique en Tunisie, quatrième producteur mondial derrière l’Espagne, l’Italie et la Grèce. Alors que des...
Senegal: Irrigation market brief
01/2015
Irrigation can play a critical role in achieving Africa’s agricultural growth potential, which requires a significant increase in historically low...
Croissance agricole en Afrique de l'Ouest: Facteurs déterminants de marché et de politique
01/2015
L’Agriculture ouest-africaine est à un tournant décisif. Les effets conjugués d’une forte hausse de la demande, d’une croissance économique soutenue,...
Agricultural Growth in West Africa: Market and Policy Drivers (AGWA)
01/2015
West African Agriculture is at a turning point. The combination of strong demand growth, economic growth, higher global agricultural prices,...
Key trends in the agrifood sector: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan
01/2015
Food security in the region is a serious challenge. Not only will countries need to produce more food to feed...
Kenya: Irrigation market brief
01/2015
Irrigation can play a critical role in achieving Africa’s agricultural growth potential, which requires a significant increase in historically low...
Designing warehouse receipt legislation: regulatory options and recent trends
01/2015
A supportive legal framework is a precondition for confidence in and acceptance of warehouse receipts for producers, credit providers and...
Estudio Del Potencial de Ampliación del Riego en Argentina
01/2015
El objetivo general del estudio ha sido el de sistematizar información y generar herramientas analíticas en una plataforma de información con el objeto de posibilitar a los técnicos, instituciones relacionadas y a los tomadores de decisión a plantear propuestas, enriquecer y mejorar la información de base y definir escenarios de inversión identificando beneficios e impactos asociados.
Ethiopia: irrigation market brief
01/2015
The report assesses the current state of the irrigation market in Ethiopia, recent performance, and opportunities for future growth. In order to provide a wider regional perspective, subsequent irrigation market reports will be prepared for Kenya and Senegal. Reports for Ghana and Zambia have already been prepared.
1964-2014 FAO Investment Centre: 50 years of development support
01/2015
To celebrate the Investment Centre’s 50th anniversary, we at FAO reflected on these years of experiences in facilitating investment in agriculture and rural development. We have prepared this book to tell the story of how the Investment Centre came to be, what it is now and what we hope it will be in the years to come.
Farmers' Organizations in Bangladesh: a Mapping and Capacity Assessment
01/2014
This study aims to provide information for practitioners interested in deepening their work with farmers’ organizations in Bangladesh. It provides a mapping of farmers’ organizations throughout the country, an assessment of their capacities, a review of enabling environment issues, and proposals to strengthen organizations and increase their involvement in investment programming in agriculture and food and nutrition security.
Zambia, irrigation market brief
01/2014
The report assesses the current state of the irrigation market in Zambia, recent performance, and opportunities for future growth. In order to provide a wider regional perspective, subsequent irrigation market reports will be prepared for Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal.