Publications
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 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...
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...
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...
LSIPT Livestock Sector Investment and Policy Toolkit
01/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with...
FAO Investment Centre - Annual Review 2018
08/2019
FAO’s Investment Centre provides a wide range of investment support services to developing and transition countries. This second annual review...
FAO Investment Centre - 2018 at a glance
08/2019
Ambitious development agenda calls for extraordinary efforts – efforts that must be financed. Public funding through Official Development Assistance alone...
Towards a new generation of polices and investments in agricultural water in the Arab region: fertile ground for innovation.
07/2019
The Arab region needs a new generation of policies and investments in agricultural water. Agricultural water management has always posed...
Study on the State of Agriculture inthe Caribbean Region
06/2019
Strategic investments in the agriculture sector are a catalyst for sustainable, economic growth and poverty reduction. Through their partnership, the...
Food Systems at Risk: New trends and Challenges
06/2019
The way food systems have evolved over past decades means that they now face major risks, which in turn threaten...
Understanding the drought impact of El Niño/La Niña in the grain production areas in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
04/2019
This study focused on assessing the statistical of spatio-temporal impacts on grain production areas in Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan...
Tunisie: Quel avenir pour les coopératives agricoles?
04/2019
Cette étude arrive à un moment charnière dans l’évolution du secteur coopératif en Tunisie. Elle a été réalisée dans le...
Egypt: Review of the agrifood cooperative sector.
04/2019
The purpose of this study is to provide a better understanding of how cooperatives can contribute to the development of...
Crop Receipts: A new financing instrument for Africa
03/2019
Crop receipts are a promising innovation in agricultural finance first developed in Brazil about 20 years ago and recently replicated...
Rural Invest Factsheet
02/2019
The fact sheet is a promotional tool to suppport the roll out of the rural invest training package and software...
Guidelines on irrigation investment projects
12/2018
In order to effectively respond to the multiple challenges faced in irrigation development and management, improve irrigation investment efficiency and...