Publications
Bhutan Country Profile
10/2021
The Food System Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Bhutan and highlights potential solutions for their sustainable and inclusive transformation. The result of a systemic analysis and stakeholders consultation, it is part of a large-scale assessment supported by the European Union, FAO and CIRAD in 50 countries.
Motivating farmers' market-oriented production: Smallholder horticulture empowerment and promotion approach in Kenya
10/2021
One of the nine featured case studies is Kenya’s Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion Approach, which provides technical and soft skills based on the theory of self-determination. The training has influenced farmers to change their mindsets and behaviour towards market-oriented horticulture. In addition, most farmers gained confidence in applying the skills acquired, which resulted in improved production and marketing and increased incomes.
Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth Programme in India
10/2021
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Rural Empowerment and Agricultural Development Scaling-up Initiative in Indonesia
10/2021
Investing in farmers through public-private-producer partnerships Rural Empowerment and Agricultural Development Scaling-up...
Collaborating to develop agricultural skills: Capacity building agencies in the United States of America
10/2021
One of the nine featured case studies comes from the State of Mississippi in the United States of America. Agencies from i) formal education systems; (ii) nonformal education systems; (iii) state governmental agencies; and (iv) advocacy and commodity groups collaborated to develop agriculture human capital among youth and adults.
Institutionalizing farmer field schools: Twigire Muhinzi National Extension System in Rwanda
10/2021
One of the nine featured case studies is the Twigire Muhinzi National Extension System in Rwanda. Twigire Muhinzi is the government’s homegrown, decentralized and farmer-oriented national system based on two complementary types of farmer-to-farmer extension approaches: farmer promoters and farmer field schools.
Up-skilling human capital for value-chain competitiveness in Uruguay
10/2021
This publication looks at opportunities to increase key value chain efficiency and at the skills that are required to seize such opportunities. It identifies ways to develop human capital through training agricultural professionals - including researchers, agronomists and technicians - to lead the next generation of technology and innovation-driven agribusinesses.
Food Systems Assessments - Methodology
09/2021
Available in French only. This note summarizes the methodology used in the food systems assessment, a joint initiative of the EU, FAO, and CIRAD that aims to identify key challenges and possible solutions in more than 50 countries in order to activate the sustainable and inclusive transformation of these systems.
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Burkina Faso Country Profile
09/2021
Available in French only. This is a summary of the main issues facing food systems in Burkina Faso and possible solutions to make them more sustainable and inclusive. The result of a systemic analysis and consultation with all stakeholders in the systems, it is part of an assessment supported by the European Union, FAO and CIRAD in 50 countries.
Renewable energy for agrifood chains: Investing in solar energy in Rwanda
09/2021
This report presents a structured approach to identify and estimate the market size of specific renewable energy technologies that have the potential to be deployed across specific stages of the agri-food chains. More specifically, the methodology first analyses the countries’ value chains and aggregates them into similar agri-food groups when possible.
Strengthening smallholder producers' skills and market access: Productive Alliance Programme in Chile
09/2021
This study analyses the impact of Chile´s Productive Alliance Programme (PAP) in terms of human capital development among small farmers. The programme, originally created in 2007 and serving now close to 3,600 small farmers in Chile, enhances the creation of commercial partnerships between these small farmers and larger companies, and funds and facilitates the conditions for the acquisition of skills and human capital among them to ensure its success.
Investment planning for supply to agro-industrial parks: Lessons from sub-Saharan Africa
09/2021
This brief highlights potential challenges faced to increase agricultural production and improve supply chains when setting up agro-industrial parks, in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents nine key messages, drawing on concrete experiences from supply-side investment planning in Ethiopia and developing community-based integrated marketing centres in Côte d’Ivoire and Zambia.
Madagascar Country Profile
08/2021
Available in French only. The Food System Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Madagascar 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 large-scale assessment supported by the European Union, FAO and CIRAD in 50 countries.
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs - Madagascar Early Insight
07/2021
The purpose of this early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Madagascar under the Catalyzing the Sustainable and Inclusive Transformation of Food Systems Initiative, a joint initiative between the EU, FAO, CIRAD and national governments. It also suggests a possible way forward ahead of the UN Food System Summit to be held in September 2021.
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs - Nepal Early Insight
07/2021
The purpose of this Early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Nepal under the Catalyzing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems initiative, a joint initiative between the EU, FAO, CIRAD and national governments. It also suggests a possible way forward ahead of the UN Food System Summit to be held in September 2021.
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs - Burkina Faso Early Insight
07/2021
The purpose of this Early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Burkina Faso under the Catalyzing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems initiative, a joint initiative between the EU, FAO, CIRAD and national governments. It also suggests a possible way forward ahead of the UN Food System Summit to be held in September 2021.
FAO Investment Centre - 2020 at a glance
07/2021
Making food systems more sustainable is not just about reducing carbon footprints, but also about creating jobs, reducing inequalities, improving efficiencies along supply chains and strengthening people’s ability to cope with climate change. This short summary - 2020 at a glance highlights the recent work fo the Centre.
Investing in rural households through community promoters - The Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai programme in Peru
07/2021
This case study report was written as a part of the Agriculture Human Capital Investment Study, funded by FAO Investment Centre and with the support of the International Food Policy Research Institute and the CGIAR Research Programme on Policies, Institutions and Markets (PIM) and the FAO Research and Extension Unit.
Professionalizing farmer organizations through private sector-led models: Capacity development initiatives in Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire
06/2021
One of the nine featured case studies, funded by the Agribusiness Market Ecosystems Alliance with support from IFAD, explores three private sector-led initiatives focusing on the capacity development of farmer organizations in Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon.
Investing in youth vocational training: Professional training programme in the agropastoral and fisheries sectors in Cameroon
06/2021
One of the nine featured case studies is the Support Programme for the Renovation and Development of Professional Training in the Agropastoral and Fisheries Sectors in Cameroon. The programme is part of the training-integration continuum preparing young people for jobs in the agropastoral and fishery sectors and has contributed to strengthening their entrepreneurial and social skills.