FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 39. The main factors limiting the growth of trade in Lebanese agricultural and food products include limited access to international markets, product quality and certification, inadequate trade infrastructure, lack...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 38. The agricultural sector review (ASR) provides an up to date picture of the current socio-economic situation of the agricultural sector in Lebanon, along with identifying key challenges of...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 37. This policy brief presents a snapshot review of how key policies have affected rice in Rwanda in the run-up to the Government of Rwanda’s target to become self-sufficient...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 36. This policy brief analyses in which ways and to what extent sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) taxes trigger reduced consumption. The potential signaling effect of a SSBs tax introduced in...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 35. This brief reviews some of the main land use contraints to reducing agriculture-led forest loss in Viet Nam. We find that agricultural land use constraints increase agriculture-driven pressure...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 34. Climate change is leading to a rise in global temperatures, which poses a major threat to agriculture production, and to the welfare of smallholder farmers. Identifying sustainable farming...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 33. Rainfed agriculture accounts for more than half of the world’s food production but is facing increasing precipitation variability, driven by climate change. Achieving zero hunger will require improvements...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 32. Irrigation can facilitate adaptation to climate change, save labour and energy, and allow the growing of higher-value crops. However, to reach Zero Hunger in an increasingly water-scarce world,...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 31. In the face of intensifying water constraints, growing demand for water and worsening inequalities in access to it, water accounting and auditing are crucial enabling factors for improved...

FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief, No. 30. North Macedonia’s ambition to join the European Union (EU) makes it necessary to reform the agricultural sector, such that it aligns with the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)....