Private Investment
Transforming the world’s agrifood systems to be greener, fairer and more resilient calls for billions of dollars in new investments. Public funding alone is not enough. That is why the FAO Investment Centre works with governments and public and private partners to create the enabling conditions that attract greater and more responsible private investment in the agrifood sector.
Most of the Centre’s private sector work is carried out through its partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, helping to make agribusiness development in the Bank’s countries of operation more sustainable, inclusive and efficient. That includes advisory services such as identifying investment opportunities; facilitating public-private policy dialogues; promoting greener agrifood systems; developing food safety and quality standards and sustainable agritourism; supporting investment in digital solutions; and diversifying exports.
Initiatives
Latest stories
New investment to boost climate-resilient agriculture in Cambodia
09/07/2025
More than 560 000 people are expected to benefit directly from improved irrigation across approximately 32 000 hectares, while more than one million...
New climate programme channels investment to transform East Africa’s dairy sector
02/07/2025
Approved this week by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board, with programme design prepared by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)...
Serbia strengthens national expertise in carbon accounting for agrifood systems
22/05/2025
A training course on strategic carbon accounting was held in Belgrade, Serbia last week to support experts and businesses with practical tools to...
Strengthening Morocco’s food safety and quality with climate-smart investment
06/05/2025
Morocco is strengthening its agrifood sector through a new initiative designed to boost climate resilience, enhance food safety and support small-scale...
Latest publications
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.
FAO Investment Centre - 2019 at a glance
09/2020
Sustainable food systems are key to tackling our most pressing challenges – from ending hunger and poverty to preserving the...
FAO Investment Centre - 2018 at a glance
08/2019
Ambitious development agenda calls for extraordinary efforts – efforts that must be financed. Public funding through Official Development Assistance alone...
FAO Investment Centre - 2017 at a glance
09/2018
This brochure is a summary of the FAO Investment Centre activities during 2017.
1964-2014 FAO Investment Centre: 50 years of development support
01/2015
To celebrate the Investment Centre’s 50th anniversary, we at FAO reflected on half a century’s worth of experiences in facilitating...