Publications
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs- Bhutan Early Insight
07/2021
The purpose of this Early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Bhutan...
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...
Agri-hire in sub-Saharan Africa: Business models for investing in sustainable mechanization
06/2021
There has been a surge in the attention to sustainable agricultural mechanization for Africa. The need to support agricultural mechanization...
The impact of improved land administration in Nicaragua
06/2021
An impact evaluation of Nicaragua’s Land Administration Programme (PRODEP) finds that the programme ensured gender equality in the access to...
Making climate-sensitive investments in agriculture: approaches, tools and selected experiences
06/2021
Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, a vital source of food, income and employment for most of the...
FAO Investment Centre – Annual Review 2020
06/2021
The FAO Investment Centre provides a wide range of support services to...
Catalysing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems
06/2021
Available in English, French and Spanish. Since 2020, the EU, FAO and CIRAD have entered into a partnership with governments and food systems actors to initiate...
Potential brewing for Azerbaijani and Georgian tea industries
06/2021
Although the once booming tea industries in Azerbaijan and Georgia have long been in decline, interest in revitalizing the sector...
Effects of land tenure rights formalization on household investments – The case of PRODEP in Nicaragua
06/2021
This study analyses the impacts of titling on tenure security, property value, access to credit, and household investments in the...
Atlas tipicne hrane iz Crne Gore. Atlas of typical food from Montenegro
05/2021
The Atlas of typical food from Montenegro seeks to promote not only the high quality traditional products presented in this...
Developing bankable business plans - A learning guide for forest producers and their organizations
04/2021
This guide was developed to improve the capacity of small producers, their organizations and small and medium-sized enterprises to access...
Digital Agriculture Profile: South Africa
04/2021
Digital technologies are slowly spreading in agriculture sectors globally. But their adoption...
Digital Agriculture Profile: Rwanda
04/2021
Digital technologies are slowly spreading in agriculture sectors globally. But their adoption...
Urban food systems governance
03/2021
This report presents insights and emerging lessons on food systems governance from the experience of nine cities that have developed...
Food Systems Assessment – Working towards the SDGs Interim Synthesis brief – September 2021
01/2021
Available in English and Portuguese. This synthesis brief presents some of the initial findings on strategic food system sustainability issues that are emerging from the food systems assessments and stakeholder consultations underway in over 50 countries around the world. It includes key findings from some of the pilot countries such as Bhutan, Nepal, Senegal and Madagascar. Also, available in Portuguese: https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6887pt
FAO Investment Centre - 2019 at a glance
09/2020
Sustainable food systems are key to tackling our most pressing challenges – from ending hunger and poverty to preserving the...
Agrinvest brochure - Responsible investment for a better future
07/2020
The brochure introduces AgrInvest, a blended finance initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that...
Farmers and agribusiness at risk under COVID-19: What role for blended finance funds
06/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a major economic shock, throwing into question the...
FAO Investment Centre - Annual Review 2019
06/2020
FAO’s Investment Centre provides a wide range of investment support services to developing and transition countries. This third annual review...
Small Island Developing States Response to COVID-19
06/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the food security, nutrition and climate resilience...