Publications
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 in the country. Despite natural pastures, water resources, and big demand in national and world markets, beef production in Uganda grew by only 1 percent in the last decade, and lags behind local demand.
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. It identifies private sector roles in developing agriculture human capital and assesses the advantages, limitations and challenges of private sector involvement in developing farmers’ capacities.
Sustainable agricultural mechanization in China: A comprehensive review
04/2023
This publication strives to comprehensively and systematically summarize the status and strategies of China's agricultural mechanization development, its impacts, experiences and practices, and business models. Furthermore, the publication investigates the related investment and policy recommendations to reach the goal of agricultural and rural modernization by 2035, to drive smallholder farmers to enter modern agriculture, and to achieve sustainable development.
Benin Country Profile
03/2023
Available in French only. This is a summary of the main issues facing food systems in Benin and possible solutions to make them more sustainable and inclusive. It is the result of a systemic analysis and consultation with all food system stakeholders in more than 50 countries. It is part of an assessment supported by the European Union, FAO and CIRAD, which aims to identify the major challenges and possible solutions for enabling the sustainable and inclusive transformation of these systems.
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
The brief provides policy recommendations and identifies strategies and key areas of investment that are required for the sustainable development of FFV e-commerce. Governments, particularly urban authorities, must develop and promote a conducive institutional, regulatory and business environment to maximize e-commerce opportunities.
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,...
Mauritania Country Profile
01/2023
Available in French only. This is a summary of the main challenges facing Mauritanian food systems and possible solutions to make them more sustainable and inclusive. It is the result of a systemic analysis and consultation with all food system stakeholders in more than 50 countries. It is part of an assessment supported by the European Union, FAO, and CIRAD, which aims to identify the main challenges and possible solutions to enable the sustainable and inclusive transformation of these systems.
Niger Country Profile
01/2023
Available in French only. This Food Systems Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Niger and highlights potential solutions for their sustainable and inclusive transformation. It is the result of a systemic analysis and stakeholders' consultation that was part of a global assessment of food systems in over 50 countries, following a joint initiative by the European Union, FAO, and CIRAD which aims at catalysing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems.
Irrigating from space: Using remote sensing for agricultural water management
11/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners have invested in developing databases and tools that apply remote sensing in agricultural water management, with a focus on low-income and data-scarce contexts. This brief was produced under the FAO-World Bank Cooperative Progamme and proposes concrete applications of the FAO-developed tool: WaPOR – Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data portal.
Prices and farmer investment: Evidence from experimental studies
11/2022
Changes in commodity prices may impact smallholder farmers in various ways: to what extent do higher prices transmit to the farmer (or are they captured by intermediaries)? Can higher prices spur higher investment or lead to better outcomes for farming households, reducing poverty? This Investment Brief highlights key messages from the available experimental and quasi-experimental evidence on this topic and identifies evidence gaps for future work.
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
Agripreneurship – entrepreneurial activity in agriculture – increases youth employment while teaching them the hard and soft skills they need to manage enterprises profitably and sustainably. This improves their revenue, reduces business failure and fosters innovation in the agrifood systems of tomorrow.
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...
Guinea-Bissau Country Profile
10/2022
Available in French and Portuguese. This is a summary of the main issues facing food systems in Guinea-Bissau and possible solutions to make them more sustainable and inclusive. It is the result of a systemic analysis and consultation with all food system stakeholders in more than 50 countries. It is part of an assessment supported by the European Union, FAO and CIRAD.
Nigeria Country Profile
09/2022
This Food Systems Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Nigeria and highlights potential solutions for their sustainable and inclusive transformation. It is the result of a systemic analysis and stakeholders' consultation that was part of a global assessment of food systems in over 50 countries, following a joint initiative by the EU, FAO, and CIRAD which aims at catalyzing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems.
Investing in food loss and waste: What's in it for development banks?
09/2022
This Investment Brief summarizes the challenge of FLW. It focuses on identifying action areas for development banks to meet this challenge. Potential action areas include assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic and data collection and analytics, as well as direct country-level interventions, with a food systems approach.
Implications of the war in Ukraine for agrifood trade and food security in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia
09/2022
The Russian Federation and Ukraine are major global suppliers of cereals and sunflower oil, while the Russian Federation is also...
Digital technologies in the grain sector of Ukraine
09/2022
Using extensive interviews, the report assesses the extent to which Ukrainian farmers have adopted digital technologies, the many barriers to them doing so and the considerable opportunities these technologies present, while offering sharp insights into their potential contribution and how best to sustain them.
Modernizing irrigation in Central Asia: Concept and approaches
09/2022
This publication, geared to policy-makers, sector managers and technical experts, draws on the findings of a study carried out by an FAO team through the World Bank’s regional assistance programme “Exposure and Practical In-Roads to Modernizing Irrigation in Central Asia”. It is part of the Directions in Investment series under the FAO Investment Centre's Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.