Publications
Making climate-sensitive investments in agriculture: approaches, tools and selected experiences
06/2021
This comprehensive knowledge product provides investment practitioners with practical reference material on integrating climate risk considerations at all stages of the investment project cycle, from design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Potential brewing for Azerbaijani and Georgian tea industries
06/2021
With an expected stronger demand for green tea and health and wellness teas as well as for high-quality black tea in developed markets, this brief suggests that these product categories should be the areas of focus for the Azerbaijani and Georgian tea industries during the next decade. FAO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) look at the countries’ potential to produce high quality and specialty teas.
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...
Agri-hire in sub-Saharan Africa: Business models for investing in sustainable mechanization
06/2021
For a better understanding of how agricultural mechanization hire service provision can contribute to agricultural and rural development, this publication aims to (i) showcase a variety of business models of private-sector businesses providing agricultural mechanization hire services in Africa, (ii) identify success factors, and (iii) provide entry points for investment.
Catalysing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems A joint EU, FAO and CIRAD initiative
05/2021
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 a large-scale assessment and consultation on food systems in more than 50 countries, as a first step towards transforming them.
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...
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...
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...
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs – Interim Synthesis brief
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...
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...
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...
Small Island Developing States Response to COVID-19
06/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the food security, nutrition and climate resilience...
Measures for supporting wholesale food markets during COVID-19
04/2020
This brief offers a set of considerations for ways in which local, provincial and national government can collaborate with wholesale...
Measures for supporting domestic markets during the COVID-19 outbreak in Africa
04/2020
As COVID-19 reaches a growing number of communities across Africa, governments’ efforts to contain the spread of the virus need...
Urban food systems governance: Current context and future opportunities
02/2020
This report presents insights and emerging lessons on food systems governance from the experience of nine cities that have developed urban food interventions – Baltimore, Belo Horizonte, Lima, Medellín, Nairobi, Quito, Seoul, Shanghai and Toronto – and draws on diverse sources of secondary information regarding the experiences of other cities throughout the world.
Study on the State of Agriculture in the Caribbean Region: Annexes
02/2020
The Annex report is the accomanying document to the main report 'Study on the State of Agriculture in the Caribbean...
Study on the State of Agriculture in the Caribbean Region (2nd Edition)
02/2020
Strategic investments in the agriculture sector are a catalyst...