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Since 2009, FAO’s MAFAP programme has been working in several developing countries to create sustainable policy monitoring systems and carry out a consistent set of policy and public expenditure analyses across a wide range of agricultural value chains. MAFAP works with government institutions, research organizations and other partners to establish a community of practice on policy measurement, monitoring and analysis by developing institutional capacities to systematically analyse government policies and their effects. MAFAP analyses are used to inform targeted food and agricultural policy reforms that will result in a more conducive environment for agricultural investment and productivity growth, especially for smallholder farmers. MAFAP’s [...]

High levels of investments are required to unleash the potential of agriculture for sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries, but low public budgetary allocations to the sector have slowed growth. To address this problem, innovative partnerships that bring together business, government and civil society actors are increasingly being promoted as a mechanism for pooling much-needed financing while mitigating some of the risks of doing business in the agriculture sector. Commonly referred to as public–private partnerships (PPPs), these initiatives are expected to contribute to the pursuit of sustainable agricultural development that is inclusive of smallholder farmers. However, there remain [...]

What is the evidence that climate change is affecting food security and agriculture? What should governments, farmers and food producers do in order to facilitate an effective response to a changing global climate? How can the agriculture sectors contribute to containing greenhouse gas emissions? The 2016 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture provides answers to these and other questions. The report includes an analysis of current and future impacts of climate change, indicating viable paths that a range of stakeholders should pursue in order to respond to them. It also shows how to overcome barriers that could prevent the [...]

Seventy-five percent of the world’s poorest people live in rural areas. The agricultural sector, therefore has a key role to play in poverty reduction and improving rural lives. Maya Takagi, Deputy Leader of the FAO Strategic Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction, together with Ana Paula De La O Campos, Programme Adviser explain the importance of promoting inclusive economic growth; long-term support to the rural poor; social protection; empowerment of rural women; decent rural employment; equitable access to land and resources; and strengthening rural institutions are key in creating new income generating opportunities. They describe the FAO policy work, including key policy [...]

Small-scale producers provide over 70% of the world’s food needs, while agribusinesses are one of the main generators of employment and income worldwide. Improving the sustainability of food value chains can massively benefit the rural poor. Florence Tartanac, Senior Officer of the FAO Nutrition and Food Systems Division together with Eva Gálvez Nogales, Agribusiness Economist of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Division explain the importance of Integrating smallholders into food value chains to reduce poverty and improve food security for millions of poor households in developing countries. They describe the FAO policy work, including key policy messages.  See all videos in [...]

This document is based on the publication Review of Agricultural Trade Policies in post-Soviet countries 2014-15. In the 2013-2014 period, most countries in the region registered a negative foreign trade balance in agrifood products (HS codes 1-24). The largest deficit in this product category was recorded in the Russian Federation, which had an average annual deficit over the two years of USD 23.9 billion. Available in Russian.

From ending poverty, hunger and malnutrition to sustaining our natural resources to responding to climate change, food and agriculture lie at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda. FAO’s Strategic Framework is aligned with the SDGs, geared towards tackling root causes and Bringing numbers to life building a fairer society.

Au XXIe siècle, notre planète est confrontée à des défis multiples et complexes. Le nouveau Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030 oblige la communauté internationale à agir de concert pour les surmonter et transformer notre monde pour les générations actuelles et futures.

L’agriculture et la protection sociale sont intrinsèquement liées dans le contexte des moyens d’existence ruraux en Afrique. La subsistance des familles pauvres et en situation d’insécurité alimentaire dépend principalement de l’agriculture et, dans une moindre mesure, de revenus non agricoles et de transferts de fonds privés; ces familles sont donc la cible première des interventions de protection sociale (FAO, 2015a). Lorsqu’elle s’inscrit dans le cadre plus vaste du développement rural, une cohérence accrue entre les interventions agricoles et de protection sociale contribue à améliorer le bien-être des petits exploitants familiaux pauvres en facilitant leur inclusion dans l’économie productive, en améliorant [...]

Statistiques et projections annuelles de l’OCDE concernant les principaux produits agricoles. Cette publication analyse l’influence qu’exerceront les développements mondiaux et nationaux sur les marchés agricoles au cours de la prochaine décennie, et met en avant certains des principaux risques et incertitudes susceptibles d’infléchir les perspectives des marchés agricoles. Après avoir donné une vue d’ensemble de la situation en vigueur et exposé les hypothèses retenues, le rapport présente des projections détaillées de la production, la consommation, des échanges, des stocks et des prix pour les pays de l’OCDE ainsi que certains pays non membres. Au nombre des produits pris en compte [...]