Results
Briefs
2020
Guyana’s diversification perspectives to overcome vulnerability. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 20
This policy brief analyses institutional challenges faced by Guyana’s agricultural sector to promote diversification and development. Agricultural development in Guyana is strongly correlated with agricultural diversification, hence diversification strategies can be used to promote growth in this sector. The identified challenges in the analysis that currently hamper diversification and trade of Guyana’s agricultural products include high tariff and non-tariff barriers, low level of direct investment, and a lack of physical infrastructure. Furthermore, missing quality and quantity capacities of farmers as well as the lack of a working sanitary and phytosanitary regime hinders intra-regional trade and import substitution. It is recommended [...]
Report
2020
Evaluation of FAO’s Contribution to Georgia 2016-2019
Georgia has been a Member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) since 1995. In 2004, FAO strengthened its presence there by making the FAO Subregional Representative for Central and Eastern Europe the FAO Representative in Georgia and establishing a fully-fledged representation in Tbilisi. FAO is supporting national development priorities to create and implement an institutional, legal and regulatory environment, as well as lending technical assistance on key projects at the Government’s request. It is working to strengthen Georgia’s institutional disaster-management capacity and helping to align Government policies with European structures and standards, so as to [...]
Briefs
2020
Ample supplies to help shield food markets from the COVID-19 crisis
Global cereal markets are expected to remain balanced and comfortable despite worries over the impacts of COVID-19. While localized disruptions, largely due to logistical issues, pose challenges to food supply chains in some markets, their anticipated duration and magnitude are unlikely to have a significant effect on global food markets.
Briefs
2020
Agri-food markets and trade policy in the time of COVID-19
The policy brief highlights that policy measures should aim to address actual rather than perceived demand and supply disruptions, and that enhanced market transparency, and coordination with trading partners is critical in this regard. It is noted that experiences from past crises have demonstrated that avoiding certain trade-restrictive measures can be equally important to more direct forms of supporting consumers and producers. In this context, following international guidelines on safe travel and trade corridors can help keep agri-food supply chains functional, mitigate food supply disruptions, and promote food security.
Briefs
2020
Mercados mayoristas: acción frente al COVID-19
La Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe y la FLAMA establecerán una estrategia conjunta para monitorear y publicitarlas actividades de los mercados mayoristas y Centros de Abastos de la Región en esteperíodo de crisis debido a la pandemia de COVID-19.
El presente boletín tiene como objetivo compartir periódicamente las principales estrategias de prevención de la contaminación adoptadas por los Mercados Mayoristas e informar sobre sus actividades y las condiciones operativas de los Mercados para garantizar el suministro de alimentos, que continúan cumpliendo su papel estratégico y fundamentalen el suministro de alimentos de las ciudades. Con informaciones [...]
Report
2020
Report of the Pacific Regional Workshop on Exploring Sustainable Development Goal Target 14.b and its Indicator 14.b.1, Nadi, Fiji, 9–11 April 2019
FAO is custodian agency for several SDG indicators, including SDG target 14.b that aims to “Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets”. The related indicator is SDG Indicator 14.b.1, “Progress by countries in adopting and implementing a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries”. The 32nd Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) agreed that the data submitted as a result of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) survey could be applied by member states as a means to report on the SDG indicators. For SDG Indicator 14.b.1, specifically, variables [...]
Issue paper
2020
Agricultural finance and the youth – Prospects for financial inclusion in Uganda
The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the current state of financial inclusion of the rural youth in Uganda, with a specific focus on their engagement in the agricultural sector and the financial services that are available to them to pursue their business ventures in this area.
The study seeks to illustrate and bring to light the core constraints and opportunities associated with the provision of tailored financial services to young agricultural entrepreneurs in the country, while showcasing the essential role that key support actors (such as the Government, Central Bank, international development institutions, NGOs, foundations [...]
Issue paper
2020
The role of social protection in inclusive structural transformation
Structural transformation involves the reallocation of resources from less to more productive uses. It involves growth in agricultural productivity and generation of higher productivity jobs in other sectors. In addition, in the longer-term, it can support poverty reduction. However, the transition process and its outcomes are frequently challenging – especially among the poor and vulnerable people and households, given the economic and social forces that pressure them to adapt to realities faster than they are able to.
The objective of the paper is to show how social protection policies and programmes can contribute to structural transformation, smoothen the transition for the [...]
Briefs
2020
Unlocking future investments in Uganda’s commercial forest sector. Understanding the impacts of timber trade restrictions on the profitability of pine plantation and sawmill investments
As a result of the Government of Uganda’s forward thinking policies to create a commercial forestry sector in the early 2000’s, it is 20 years ahead of its neighbors in terms of the sector’s development. It now must implement policies to sustain to the sector, and enable it to help meet the rapidly growing demand for timber and other wood products in the region, and beyond. This depends fundamentally on enabling producers and processors to easily access to external timber markets.
Brochure
2020
Amélioration de la gestion des pertes après-récolte dans les filières céréales et légumineuses au Burkina Faso
Cette note d’orientation politique est basée sur les travaux de l’atelier de consultation national qui s’est tenu à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso le 15 mars 2017, dans le cadre du projet «Intégration des initiatives pour la réduction des pertes alimentaires pour les petits producteurs dans les zones à déficit alimentaire» décrit ci-après.
L’atelier a réuni des représentants des Directions techniques du Ministère de l’Agriculture et des Aménagements Hydrauliques, des organisations professionnelles, des instituts de recherche et des universités, et des Partenaires Techniques et Financiers (PTF), du Gouvernement du Burkina Faso, Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), le Programme [...]