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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 farmers: Agriculture human capital investment strategies
06/2021

A global study carried out by the FAO Investment Centre and the International Food Policy Research Institute, with support from the CGIAR Research Programme on Policies, Institutions and Markets and the FAO Research and Extension Unit, looks at agriculture human capital investments, from recent trends to promising initiatives in Cameroon, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru, Rwanda and the United States of America.

Investing in women livestock advisers and farmers: Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth Programme in India
06/2021

One of the nine featured case studies is the Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth Programme in India. This case explores investment in developing the human capital of women livestock farmers as certified master trainers and community service providers known as Ajeevika Pashu Sakhi (APS).

Investing in farmers through public–private–producer partnerships: Rural Empowerment and Agricultural Development Scaling-up Initiative in Indonesia
06/2021

One of the nine featured case studies is the Rural Empowerment and Agricultural Development Scaling-up Initiative in Indonesia. This programme adds perspectives on investing in human capital in agriculture through public-private-producer partnerships, using lead farmers, cocoa doctors and farmer field schools.

FAO Investment Centre – Annual Review 2020
06/2021

The FAO Investment Centre provides a wide range of support services to...

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...