Publications
Motivating farmers' market-oriented production - Smallholder horticulture empowerment and promotion approach in Kenya
10/2021
Kenya’s Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion Approach provides technical and soft skills based on the theory of self-determination. The training...
Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth Programme in India
10/2021
nvesting in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to...
Rural Empowerment and Agricultural Development Scaling-up Initiative in Indonesia
10/2021
Investing in farmers through public-private-producer partnerships Rural Empowerment and Agricultural Development Scaling-up...
Collaborating to develop agricultural skills: Capacity building agencies in the United States of America
10/2021
Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial 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...
Institutionalizing farmer field schools: Twigire Muhinzi National Extension System in Rwanda
10/2021
Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to...
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs- Burkina Faso Early Insight
09/2021
The purpose of this Early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Burkina...
Renewable energy for agrifood chains - Investing in solar energy in Rwanda
09/2021
This report presents a structured approach to identify and estimate the market size of specific renewable energy technologies that have...
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs - Madagascar Early Insight
09/2021
The purpose of this early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Madagascar...
Investment planning for supply to agro-industrial parks - Lessons from sub-Saharan Africa
09/2021
This brief highlights potential challenges faced to increase agricultural production and improve supply chains when setting up agro-industrial parks, in...
Strengthening smallholder producers' skills and market access - Productive Alliance Programme in Chile
09/2021
This case study report...
FAO Investment Centre - 2020 at a glance
07/2021
Making food systems more sustainable is not just about reducing carbon footprints, but also about creating jobs, reducing inequalities, improving efficiencies along supply chains and strengthening people’s ability to cope with climate change. This short summary - 2020 at a glance highlights the recent work fo the Centre.
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs- Nepal Early Insight
07/2021
The purpose of this Early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Nepal.
Investing in rural households through community promoters - The Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai programme in Peru
07/2021
This case study report was written as a part of the Agriculture Human Capital Investment Study, funded by FAO Investment...
Food Systems Assessment: Working towards the SDGs- Bhutan Early Insight
07/2021
The purpose of this Early Insight is to highlight the key findings of the food system assessment undertaken in Bhutan...
Agri-hire in sub-Saharan Africa: Business models for investing in sustainable mechanization
06/2021
There has been a surge in the attention to sustainable agricultural mechanization for Africa. The need to support agricultural mechanization...
Making climate-sensitive investments in agriculture: approaches, tools and selected experiences
06/2021
Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, a vital source of food, income and employment for most of the...
FAO Investment Centre – Annual Review 2020
06/2021
The FAO Investment Centre provides a wide range of support services to...
The impact of improved land administration in Nicaragua
06/2021
An impact evaluation of Nicaragua’s Land Administration Programme (PRODEP) finds that the programme ensured gender equality in the access to...
Catalysing the sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems
06/2021
Available in English, French and Spanish. Since 2020, the EU, FAO and CIRAD have entered into a partnership with governments and food systems actors to initiate...