Publications
Conservation agriculture in China: innovations, investment opportunities and challenges
04/2023
While the agricultural production in China has made great achievements, it is also facing challenges affecting the sustainable development of...
Analysing beef price incentives to strengthen policies for production and exports in Uganda - Technical note
04/2023
In Uganda, 58 percent of households depend on livestock for their livelihoods, with cattle being the most important livestock subsector...
How to invest in farmers? - A guide for agriculture human capital investment projects
04/2023
Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agrifood systems. A global...
Profil des systèmes alimentaires - Bénin Activer la transformation durable et inclusive de nos systèmes alimentaires
03/2023
Les systèmes alimentaires sont directement liés à la réalisation de l’ensemble des Objectifs du Développement Durable (ODD). L’impératif – et le défi - pour les systèmes alimentaires n’est pas seulement de produire des aliments pour assurer la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, mais aussi de préserver les ressources naturelles et la biodiversité et de contribuer à des moyens d’existence équitables à long terme pour toutes et tous.
Evolution of food e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic
03/2023
This investment brief, prepared by FAO and commissioned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) hones in on...
Irrigating from space: Using remote sensing for agricultural water management
03/2023
This publication is part of the FAO-World Bank Cooperative Programme and aims to review and inform on the latest applications...
Pandemic preparedness guide for meat and dairy businesses in Central Asia and the Caucasus
02/2023
In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China,...
Prices and farmer investment - Evidence from experimental studies
01/2023
Changes in commodity prices may impact smallholder farmers in various ways: to what extent do higher prices transmit to the...
From reacting to preventing pandemics: Building Animal Health Wildlife Systems for One Health in East Asia and Pacific
11/2022
Investing in One Health – cross-sectoral, multidisciplinary coordination and collaboration across the human health, animal health, and environmental health sectors...
Investing in young agripreneurs - Why and how?
11/2022
There are few wage-earning opportunities for the 223 million unemployed or underemployed youth in developing and emerging economies. Many of...
Reducing pandemic risks at source: Wildlife, environment and One Health foundations in East and South Asia
11/2022
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are infections associated with new or significantly-expanded geographic scope or spread of zoonotic, vector-borne, and drug-resistant...
Food Systems Profile – Nigeria Catalysing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems
09/2022
This Food Systems Profile provides a summary of the main food system issues in Nigeria and highlights potential solutions for their sustainable and inclusive transformation.
Implications of the war in Ukraine for agrifood trade and food security in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia
09/2022
The Russian Federation and Ukraine are major global suppliers of cereals and sunflower oil, while the Russian Federation is also...
Investing in food loss and waste - What's in it for development banks?
09/2022
Food loss and waste (FLW) is costly for people, the environment and economies, particularly during a time of global uncertainty....
Digital technologies in the grain sector of Ukraine
09/2022
Comprising 30 percent of agricultural output and with an area of 15 million hectares, the grain sector is a pillar...
Funding digital transformation of land administration
09/2022
Digital transformation involves changing land administration systems from paper to 100 percent digital. It leads to greater activity and better...
Modernizing irrigation in Central Asia
09/2022
Modernizing irrigation systems in Central Asia could increase the productivity of the irrigation sector to meet growing food and export...
Transforming agriculture in South Sudan. From humanitarian aid to a development oriented growth path
08/2022
FAO teamed up with the World Bank on this strategic analysis of the investment, policy and institutional support needed to...
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RuralInvest: Fostering access to finance for rural entrepreneurs
08/2022
RuralInvest is a free toolkit designed to support field technicians in their work with entrepreneurs by allowing the systematization and...
Georgia - Agritourism guide to Samtskhe-Javakheti. Places, people, products
08/2022
The purpose of this book is to better acquaint the general public with the agritourism potential of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region,...