Rural poverty in the Caribbean – Assets, social exclusion and agricultural livelihoods Case study
03/12/2024
This report examines the links between rural inequality, food security, agriculture, and the environment in the Caribbean, highlighting the importance of physical, financial, human, and social assets for sustainable livelihoods.
The unjust climate – Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth
06/04/2024
This report assembles an impressive set of data from 24 low- and middle-income countries in five world regions to measure the effects of climate change on rural women, youths and people living in poverty. It analyses socioeconomic data collected from 109 341 rural households (representing over 950 million rural people) in these 24 countries.
Scoping review on the role of social protection in facilitating climate change adaptation and mitigation for economic inclusion among rural populations
13/02/2024
This paper reviews the available evidence on the role of social protection programmes in facilitating climate change adaptation and mitigation, with a specific emphasis on economic inclusion for agriculture-dependent households.
Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments – Manager's guide
11/12/2023
FAO Investment Centre has updated the Social Analysis guides to address the evolving and volatile rural transformation context, providing programme managers, practitioners and field workers with a set of enhanced tools for the design, implementation and evaluation of inclusive investments in agrifood systems.
Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments – Field guide
11/12/2023
FAO Investment Centre has updated the Social Analysis guides to address the evolving and volatile rural transformation context, providing programme managers, practitioners and field workers with a set of enhanced tools for the design, implementation and evaluation of inclusive investments in agrifood systems.
Social analysis for inclusive agrifood investments – Practitioner's guide
11/12/2023
FAO Investment Centre has updated the Social Analysis guides to address the evolving and volatile rural transformation context, providing programme managers, practitioners and field workers with a set of enhanced tools for the design, implementation and evaluation of inclusive investments in agrifood systems.
Enhancing the inclusiveness of Agro-Commodity Procurement Zones in Ethiopia – Baseline territorial poverty profile and analysis
29/09/2023
As part of the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, whose goal is to help reach Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 2, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with the Government of Ethiopia to ensure that agricultural investments are inclusive of local populations and the poor, as well as environmentally sustainable.
Strengthening coherence between forestry and social protection for sustainable agrifood systems transformation – Framework for analysis and action
23/09/2023
This document presents a guiding framework to assist mainly governments, development organizations and civil society organizations (CSOs) in attaining coherence between social protection and forest policies to improve the well-being of forest-dependent people.
Brazilian semiarid survey – Family farmers' resilience strategies during COVID-19
14/07/2023
The brief reports on the findings of a farmer-level survey conducted in the context of the pilot phase of the UNDFF global consultation of family farmers. The purpose of the survey was to monitor the situation of family farming and identify challenges faced by family farmers and small-scale producers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The status of women in agrifood systems
10/05/2023
La agricultura familiar en el Perú - Brechas, retos y oportunidades
17/03/2023
El presente estudio proporciona una caracterización del acceso a los principales factores e insumos de producción, medios de vida y servicios de extensión de las unidades agropecuarias familiares del Perú. Su análisis aplica una tipología de clases de agricultura familiar, basada en el nivel de ingreso neto agropecuario de los productores, a partir del cual son clasificados en agricultores de subsistencia, transición y consolidados.
Promoting the development of family farming in Peru
17/03/2023
The policy brief provides the main results and highlights of the FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study “La agricultura familiar en el Perú: brechas, retos y oportunidades”.
Understanding poverty and food insecurity at the household level
12/12/2022
This policy brief introduces a working paper conducted by FAO that sheds light on the household-level relationship between poverty and food insecurity in various countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. The paper finds a solid correlation between household poverty and food insecurity in all the examined countries, meaning that poor households are significantly more likely to be food insecure.
Food insecurity and poverty – A cross-country analysis using national household survey data
09/12/2022
This study analyses national household surveys from ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America to shed light on the household-level relationship between monetary poverty and food insecurity. Similar to previous studies, results highlight a clear correlation between poverty and food insecurity.
Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa
03/02/2022
The guidelines aim to accelerate investments in and by youth in agrifood systems by providing practical guidance - including tools and examples - to design, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate youth-focused and youth-sensitive investment programmes and to engage youth fully as partners in the entire process.
Measuring rural poverty with a multidimensional approach: The Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index
25/01/2022
This report presents the results of a collaboration between FAO and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), at the University of Oxford. The first part of the report proposes a framework for measuring multidimensional poverty in rural areas and describes the motivation for the Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-MPI) proposal.
Enhancing the inclusiveness of agro-commodity procurement zones in Ethiopia – National poverty profile.
16/12/2021
dentifying the pathways through which agricultural investments can be sustainable and inclusive requires assessments of the poverty, livelihoods and food security situation of the populations likely to be affected by such investments. This technical study provides the first in-depth look at rural areas in Ethiopia using the 2018/19 Ethiopian Socio-economic Survey, analyzing the national trends in poverty among rural households along the dimensions of economic inclusion and social sustainability.
Rural poverty analysis – From measuring poverty to profiling and targeting the poor in rural areas.
26/10/2021
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 for the design of policies and investments that foster inclusive and sustainable development.