Private Investment
Transforming the world’s agrifood systems to be greener, fairer and more resilient calls for billions of dollars in new investments. Public funding alone is not enough. That is why the FAO Investment Centre works with governments and public and private partners to create the enabling conditions that attract greater and more responsible private investment in the agrifood sector.
Most of the Centre’s private sector work is carried out through its partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, helping to make agribusiness development in the Bank’s countries of operation more sustainable, inclusive and efficient. That includes advisory services such as identifying investment opportunities; facilitating public-private policy dialogues; promoting greener agrifood systems; developing food safety and quality standards and sustainable agritourism; supporting investment in digital solutions; and diversifying exports.
Initiatives
Latest stories
Serbia strengthens national expertise in carbon accounting for agrifood systems
22/05/2025
A training course on strategic carbon accounting was held in Belgrade, Serbia this week to support experts and businesses with practical tools to...
Strengthening Morocco’s food safety and quality with climate-smart investment
06/05/2025
Morocco is strengthening its agrifood sector through a new initiative designed to boost climate resilience, enhance food safety and support small-scale...
An integrated landscape approach to restore Lebanon’s Upper Litani Basin
05/05/2025
The FAO Investment Centre partnered with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to design the Restoring Ecosystem Connectivity for...
Serbia’s efforts to digitally transform its land administration systems are paying off
28/04/2025
Businesses, startup companies, government and municipal institutions can use the GeoSerbia data and services to create their own tech solutions and...
Latest publications
Digital technologies in the grain sector of Ukraine
09/2022
Comprising 30 percent of agricultural output and with an area of 15 million hectares, the grain sector is a pillar...
Georgia - Agritourism guide to Samtskhe-Javakheti. Places, people, products
08/2022
The purpose of this book is to better acquaint the general public with the agritourism potential of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region,...
Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa
04/2022
The Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa, developed jointly by FAO and the African Union Commission (AUC)...
FAO Investment Centre – 2021 at a glance
03/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to provide sustainable agrifood investment and finance solutions to...
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.