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Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2021. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 21-10
Working paper, 2021
The food systems concept has attracted a considerable amount of attention as it provides an opportunity to better understand and represent the array of factors that explain food security in a comprehensive and holistic manner....
Available in:English
Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2021. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 21-09
Working paper, 2021
Resilience is often associated with multivalued and multi-faceted strategies, programs, and projects. After approximately 15 years of empirical evidence in the literature, few research questions remain unexplored and unanswered, especially with the recent occurrence of...
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Drivers of change
Technical study, 2021
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 13.
The Progress towards Sustainable Agriculture initiative (PROSA) is a framework that seeks to complement ongoing efforts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and particularly indicator 2.4.1, to support...
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Guidelines
Manual/guidelines, 2021
Value chain development can make significant contributions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because it is a powerful approach to address root causes and binding constraints that impede the sustainable development of food value...
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Technical note
Country case study, 2021
In Mozambique, food security remains a key issue and the country suffers perennial food shortages, especially in the provinces of Manica,Tete, Sofala, Zambezia, Maputo and Gaza. Weaknesses in post-harvest systems, which contribute to both a...
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Rapport d’analyse politique
Country case study, 2021
Le rapport d’analyse politique a pour objectif de synthétiser les résultats d’analyse des indicateurs de suivi du soutien politique au secteur agricole depuis les quinze dernières années au Sénégal, à savoir les dépenses publiques allouées...
Available in: français
From measuring poverty to profiling and targeting the poor in rural areas
Major report, 2021
Reducing rural poverty is a key objective of FAO. To achieve this goal, the Organization must reach the poor and the extremely poor in rural areas, analysing their needs and aspirations and providing effective guidance...
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Policy brief, 2021
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 40.
This policy brief, prepared by the FAO Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change (EPIC), aims to analyse the relationships and policy options in regard to migration, cash...
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FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 21-08
Working paper, 2021
This working paper merges socio-economic data with data on deforestation to explore the interrelationship between rural migration, the development of the commercial agricultural sector, and forest cover loss. Specifically, we test the role of cash...
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Major report, 2021
Public support mechanisms for agriculture in many cases hinder the transformation towards healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and efficient food systems, thus actively steering us away from meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the...
Available in:English