FAO Investment Centre

Strategic Investment Planning and Policy

Strategic Investment Planning and Policy

Transforming the world’s agrifood systems calls for greater public and private investment shaped by strategic and innovative thinking. It calls for good analysis, a shared vision and sound policies.

Linking conducive policies with sizeable investments is one of the best ways to achieve impact at scale. The FAO Investment Centre works with countries and partners to develop agricultural investment strategies and plans, including through FAO’s flagship Hand-in-Hand initiative. 

The Centre leads and contributes to policy, analytical and sector studies to improve the quality and quantity of agrifood investments. And it brings together public and private sector stakeholders – including producer organizations, governments, financing partners and others – to discuss policy issues and resolve bottlenecks along supply chains.

In 2023 alone, the Centre contributed to 40 agricultural strategies, 49 sector studies, 15 policy studies and 16 policy dialogues in 67 countries.

Initiatives
Strategic Investment Planning and Policy
Sustainable Agrifood Systems Intelligence
Strategic Investment Planning and Policy
Sustainable Cocoa Initiative
Latest stories
Beyond the canopy: Mapping cocoa fields in Cameroon’s agroforestry systems for a deforestation-free cocoa
19/05/2025

Cameroon’s cocoa thrives in rich agroforestry systems, where cocoa trees coexist with towering forests, fruit trees like mango and avocado, and non-timber...

Cocoa & Coffee festival: Cameroonian farmers better prepared to adapt to new EU regulation on deforestation
16/04/2025

Partners of the European Union (EU) Sustainable Cocoa Programme (SCP) seized the opportunity of the Cocoa & Coffee festival organized in Yaoundé...

Promoting sustainable agrifood systems in Sierra Leone through behavioural science
16/04/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) partnered with students from top ranked universities...

The Sustainable Cocoa Programme: Improving the livelihoods of millions of cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire
15/04/2025

On March 18, 2025, key stakeholders gathered in Abidjan for a workshop organized by the FAO Investment Centre and the European Union (EU) to assess...

Latest publications
03/2024

The main focus of this report is on climate-resilient irrigation and drainage (I&D) investments, with the aim to improve agricultural production and productivity in Belize. To achieve this task, FAO has developed an innovative methodology based on the preparation of a multi-criteria framework.

10/2023

This brief focuses on the profitability of adopting technology for farmers and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and examines the financial sustainability of these investments over time. The evidence presented here can help researchers and policymakers better understand farmer characteristics and favourable conditions for technology adoption, identify constraints inhibiting adoption, and draw lessons to replicate or scale successful policies around technology adoption in agriculture.

Sustainable agricultural mechanization in China: a comprehensive review
04/2023

Sustainable agricultural mechanization covers all levels of farming and processing technologies, and takes into consideration technological, economic, social, environmental and...

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...

04/2023

In Uganda, 58 percent of households depend on livestock for their livelihoods, with cattle being the most important livestock subsector in the country. Despite natural pastures, water resources, and big demand in national and world markets, beef production in Uganda grew by only 1 percent in the last decade, and lags behind local demand.