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Major report, 2022
This report aims at inspiring strategic thinking and actions to transform agrifood systems towards a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future, by building on both previous reports in the same series as well as on a...
Available in:English
Summary version
Major report, 2022
This is the summary version of the FAO corporate report "The future of food and agriculture – Drivers and triggers for transformation", which aims at inspiring strategic thinking and actions to transform agrifood systems towards...
Guidelines
Information product, 2022
At the heart of this product is the introduction of Shiny RIMA and its advantages as a tool for the monitoring and measurement of resilience. Particularly, this guidance note focuses on today’s relevance of the...
Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
Technical study, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 25.
Digital and automation solutions can solve labour bottlenecks, increase agricultural productivity, resilience and efficiency, and improve environmental sustainability. However, access is limited in low- and lower-middle-income countries, especially...
Available in:English
Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2022
Technical study, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 24.
Digital and automation solutions for precision agriculture can improve efficiency, productivity, product quality and sustainability. Nevertheless, barriers to adoption of such solutions – including their cost, lack of...
Available in:English
Policy brief, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 57.
This policy brief highlights the main challenges of public spending on food and agriculture in selected sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Public spending – or expenditure – on food...
Available in:English
Policy brief, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 56.
This policy brief highlights the main findings of a new methodology to identify geographical areas where, in theory, investments are likely to have big impacts in terms of...
Available in:English
An application to Uganda
Working paper, 2022
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-12.
In this paper, we propose a simple methodology to select a limited number of geographical areas to prioritize for commodity-specific investments in Uganda. Similar to other approaches for...
Available in:English
Leveraging agricultural automation for transforming agrifood systems
Major report, 2022
Automation has been shaping world agriculture since the early twentieth century. Motorized mechanization has brought significant benefits in terms of improved productivity, reduced drudgery and more efficient allocation of labour, but also some negative environmental...
Leveraging automation in agriculture for transforming agrifood systems
Major report, 2022
The In Brief version of the FAO flagship publication, In Brief to The State of Food and Agriculture 2022, contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media,...