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Guidelines (Second edition)
Manual/guidelines, 2022
The Ex-Ante Carbon-balance Tool for Value Chains (EX-ACT VC) is a quantitative multi-appraisal tool that evaluates the sustainability of agrifood value chains simultaneously along several environmental, economic, and social dimensions. It analyses greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Available in:English
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 22-01
Working paper, 2022
The adoption of climate-adaptive agricultural practices (CAAPs) among resource-poor smallholder households is typically hindered by liquidity and risk constraints. Using an inverse probability weighted estimator that uses three waves of nationally representative panel survey data...
Available in:English
FSN Forum report of activity No. 171
Information product, 2022
This document summarizes the online consultation “Core food and agricultural indicators for measuring the private sector’s contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals” held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and...
FSN Forum report of activity No. 173
Information product, 2022
This document summarizes the online consultation “UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016–2025: priority actions on nutrition for the next five years” held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)...
Rapport d’analyse politique
Country case study, 2022
L’agriculture constitue la pierre angulaire de l’économie malienne. Elle emploie environ 80 pour cent de la population et représente plus de 35 pour cent du produit intérieur brut national. Le Mali possède un énorme potentiel...
Available in: français
The case of rice processors in Kenya
Technical study, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 17.
This study looks at the business models of small and medium-sized rice processors in Kenya in order to better understand the policy and technical support they need to...
Available in:English
Information product, 2022
The Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme is a leading policy support initiative at FAO that works with countries in Africa to strategically prioritize, reform and implement policies on food and agriculture....
An analytical review of the literature for integrated policy making
Information product, 2022
Small and medium agrifood enterprises (SMAEs) such as processors, transporters and other service providers, play an important role in achieving sustainable development objectives. For instance, they connect farmers to urban markets; make significant investments in...
Available in:English
Policy brief, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 45.
This brief summarizes the findings of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. 16 Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being: an analysis...
Available in:English
An analysis of prospective scenarios for Uganda
Technical study, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 16.
This study highlights how, through a series of scenarios, public investments promoting agricultural productivity in Uganda could drive growth in agrifood production, with favourable impacts on the economy, on...
Available in:English