02 October 2017 - Under the FAO Multi-Partner Programme Support Mechanism (FMM) project on Inclusive Value Chain Development in Africa, FAO partnered with the African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) to organize and deliver a training on agricultural value chain finance. The one-week English/French training took place in Lomé, Togo, in October 2017 ...

25 September 2017 - The promotion of links among local stakeholders, their territories and their food products is a pathway for sustainable development in rural communities throughout the world. Geographical indications (GIs) represent a product differentiation strategy that can offer a competitive advantage to value chain actors and a particularly valuable market leverage for ...

20 September 2017 - Food systems thinking has become central to FAO’s work. As such, there is a need for a clear, common framework to guide projects and policy recommendations, and to provide greater internal consistency to our work. To this end, the Sustainable Food Value Chain team in ESA, under SP4 leadership, has ...

30 June 2017 - The FAO office in Rwanda delivered two training sessions under the FAO Multipartner Programme Support Mechanism (FMM) project on value chain development and women empowerment in the context of cross-border trade in Rwanda. In May 2017, a training on gender-sensitive value chain development was delivered by AgriProFocus in Musanze, Rwanda. ...

30 June 2017 - This report explores whether farm assets determine the participation of smallholder dairy farmers in sales to Milk Collection Centres (MCCs) and how their duration as MCC suppliers affects their accumulation of farm capital and technology. A survival analysis approach used constructed panel data for dairy farmers over a 12-year period. ...