Publications
Food Systems Assessment: Palestine Country Profile
06/2023
This Food Systems Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Palestine and highlights potential solutions for their sustainable and inclusive transformation.
Food Systems Assessment: Uganda Country Profile
06/2023
This Food Systems Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Palestine and highlights potential solutions for their sustainable and inclusive transformation.
Local sourcing - A guide for the hotel, restaurant, catering and tourism industries
05/2023
Local food sourcing strengthens links between HoReCa tourist businesses and farmers. It makes for a better guest experience, improves sustainability, gives local suppliers greater market access and creates business and employment opportunities in rural areas. It also promotes biodiversity, preserves traditional food production methods, reduces food waste and brings tourism revenue to more diverse rural areas.
FAO Investment Centre - Annual Review 2022
05/2023
In 2022, the Centre helped design 45 IFI-approved public investment projects in 34 countries for a total of USD 8.8 billion in new investment – up 22 percent from the previous year’s USD 7.2 billion. And it provided implementation support to 275 ongoing investment projects representing a portfolio worth over USD 44.5 billion. Also notable were contributions to 52 agricultural studies, 25 sector studies, 17 policy studies and 6 policy dialogues and the publication of 34 new knowledge products.
Investing in farmers: Agriculture human capital investment strategies
05/2023
Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agri-food systems. A global...
Sustainable agricultural mechanization in China: a comprehensive review
04/2023
Sustainable agricultural mechanization covers all levels of farming and processing technologies, and takes into consideration technological, economic, social, environmental and...
Investing in agriculture human capital - Roles for the private sector
04/2023
The objective of this brief is to assess the role of the private sector in developing human capital among smallholders....
Analysing beef price incentives to strengthen policies for production and exports in Uganda - Technical note
04/2023
In Uganda, 58 percent of households depend on livestock for their livelihoods, with cattle being the most important livestock subsector...
How to invest in farmers? - A guide for agriculture human capital investment projects
04/2023
Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agrifood systems. A global...
Conservation agriculture in China: innovations, investment opportunities and challenges
04/2023
While the agricultural production in China has made great achievements, it is also facing challenges affecting the sustainable development of...
Climate-smart agriculture in China: from policy to investment
04/2023
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a comprehensive system that requires thorough consideration of local climate, natural environment, market demand, economic and...
Profil des systèmes alimentaires - Bénin
03/2023
L’impératif – et le défi - pour les systèmes alimentaires n’est pas seulement de produire des aliments pour assurer la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, mais aussi de préserver les ressources naturelles et la biodiversité et de contribuer à des moyens d’existence équitables à long terme pour toutes et tous.
FAO Investment Centre - 2022 at a glance
03/2023
FAO is committed to helping countries achieve a healthier, more sustainable future. That means finding the right combination of policies, innovations and public and private investment to help them realize the promise of the four betters – better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all.
Evolution of food e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic
03/2023
This investment brief, prepared by FAO and commissioned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) hones in on...
Irrigating from space: Using remote sensing for agricultural water management
03/2023
This publication is part of the FAO-World Bank Cooperative Programme and aims to review and inform on the latest applications...
Pandemic preparedness guide for meat and dairy businesses in Central Asia and the Caucasus
02/2023
In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China,...
Prices and farmer investment - Evidence from experimental studies
01/2023
Changes in commodity prices may impact smallholder farmers in various ways: to what extent do higher prices transmit to the...
From reacting to preventing pandemics: Building Animal Health Wildlife Systems for One Health in East Asia and Pacific
11/2022
Investing in One Health – cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary coordination and collaboration across the human health, animal health, and environmental health sectors...
Investing in young agripreneurs - Why and how?
11/2022
There are few wage-earning opportunities for the 223 million unemployed or underemployed youth in developing and emerging economies. Many of...
Reducing pandemic risks at source: Wildlife, environment and One Health foundations in East and South Asia
11/2022
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are infections associated with new or significantly-expanded geographic scope or spread of zoonotic, vector-borne, and drug-resistant...