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
Climate-smart agriculture in China: from policy to investment
04/2023

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a comprehensive system that requires thorough consideration of local climate, natural environment, market demand, economic and...

03/2023

FAO is committed to helping countries achieve a healthier, more sustainable future. That means finding the right combination of policies, innovations and public and private investment to help them realize the promise of the four betters – better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all.

03/2023

This publication is part of the FAO-World Bank Cooperative Programme and aims to review and inform on the latest applications...

02/2023

In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China,...

01/2023

Changes in commodity prices may impact smallholder farmers in various ways: to what extent do higher prices transmit to the...