Capacity Development for Investment (CD4I)
The FAO Investment Centre helps people and institutions make better agrifood investment and finance decisions through investment planning, training, economic and financial analysis, peer learning, mentoring, network building, study tours, webinars, e-learning and educational resources and tools.
One such tool is FAO’s RuralInvest. This participatory, interactive and free toolkit – developed nearly two decades ago and updated regularly – helps small and medium-sized rural entrepreneurs prepare viable business plans to access funding from banks and other financing partners.
The Centre also works with FAO’s technical divisions to develop, improve and scale up the use of other innovative tools and technologies. These include the Ex-Ante Carbon Balance Tool (EX-ACT), the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model interactive (GLEAM-i) and the Livestock Sector Investment and Policy Toolkit (LSIPT).
Initiatives
Latest stories
FAO and EBRD mark new milestone in 27-year cooperation
23/07/2024
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Green Climate Fund approves $52 million to support FAO-led project in Malawi
15/07/2024
A $52.3 million project approved today by the Green Climate Fund (GCF)...
Investment Centre welcomes new head of West and Central Africa Service
08/02/2024
The Investment Centre is strengthening its ability to respond to the growing and evolving needs of countries and investors. Alessandro Marini, who recently...
A chat with the Investment Centre’s Service Chief for East and Southern Africa
23/01/2024
Giovanni Munoz, the Investment Centre's Service Chief for East and Southern Africa, reflects on a long career in the agriculture sector, his vision...
Latest publications
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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...
Doing business in the time of COVID-19 – Prevention guidelines and recommendations for rural households and their families providing agritourism services in Montenegro
07/2022
The aim of this brochure is to educate the Montenegrin accommodation providers in rural areas on how to prepare their...
Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa
04/2022
The Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa, developed jointly by FAO and the African Union Commission (AUC)...
FAO Investment Centre – 2021 at a glance
03/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to provide sustainable agrifood investment and finance solutions to...
Up-skilling human capital for value-chain competitiveness in Uruguay
10/2021
Investing in farmers - or agriculture human capital - is crucial to addressing challenges in our global agri-food systems, from...