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Book (stand-alone)Technical studyMapping and proposal of action plan to promote investment for the transformation of agrifood systems in the Near East and North Africa region 2025
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No results found.The transformation of agrifood systems in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region is critical to addressing food security, environmental sustainability, and economic resilience. This report analyzes the enabling and hindering factors shaping investments in the sector, identifies policy and regulatory gaps, and proposes actionable recommendations with a phased action plan to attract investment and foster innovation.A review of policies across the region reveals a diverse landscape shaped by national priorities and global commitments. While countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have developed strong investment frameworks, others face challenges including bureaucratic inefficiencies, weak infrastructure, and inconsistent regulations. Key enablers include tax incentives, subsidies, public–private partnerships, and innovative financing models, while persistent obstacles include water scarcity, climate risks, and outdated policies.Comparisons with international best practices highlight gaps in areas such as irrigation, wastewater recycling, and integrated value chains. For example, advanced systems in the Netherlands serve as benchmarks for NENA countries. Priority areas for improvement include expanding smallholder farmers’ access to finance, modernizing irrigation, building climate resilience, and enhancing regional collaboration.The report identifies several thematic investment areas: promoting agritech solutions such as precision agriculture and smart irrigation; investing in water management through desalination and recycling; developing climate resilience strategies; and improving infrastructure, including storage, cold chains, and transport. Supporting smallholder farmers through credit access, cooperative models, and modern technologies is highlighted as essential. These priorities complement existing national strategies, such as Morocco’s Green Generation Strategy and Egypt’s Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy.To attract and sustain investments, the report recommends strengthening policy and regulatory frameworks, simplifying administrative procedures, and standardizing investment policies. The introduction of blended finance models, alongside tax incentives and subsidies for advanced technologies, would enhance investment appeal. Capacity-building and regional platforms for sharing knowledge and best practices are also emphasized. Infrastructure investments should target reducing post-harvest losses and improving market access, leveraging public–private partnerships for large-scale projects.The proposed action plan outlines three phases: short-term reforms, pilot projects, and training; medium-term scaling of successful initiatives and infrastructure expansion; and long-term systemic transformation through sustainable and integrated agrifood systems driven by regional cooperation. -
Book (stand-alone)General interest bookClimate technologies for agrifood systems transformation
Placing food security, climate change and poverty reduction at the forefront
2024Also available in:
No results found.The global community has committed to responding to climate change while ensuring decent livelihoods and healthy food for everyone, keeping within planetary boundaries. Transforming agrifood systems is essential to meeting these challenges, with climate response being an intrinsic element. The need for more resilient systems that can sustain increasing demands in a setting of tightening constraints is evident. Resilience must be generated across environmental, social and economic domains, all the while maintaining the economic viability of agrifood systems to ensure that transition occurs in a just and fair manner. Climate technologies are a key enabler to support climate action and the sustainable transition of agrifood systems.The report highlights the needs for robust technology assessments to underpin climate technology identification for agrifood systems transformation that addresses all stages of agrifood value chains. This needs to be supported by capacity-building programmes, targeted financing and fed into the ongoing climate policy process. The capacity-building strategy and efforts are to be tied to the technology assessments, and identify suitable and correct skill sets, especially for smallholders and vulnerable segments of the population. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportClimate-related development finance to agrifood systems – Global and regional trends
Report 2025
2025Also available in:
No results found.Climate finance is a fundamental element of the global development agenda and has been increasingly considered in international fora such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the G20 Agenda. This publication aims to inform participants of the UNFCCC 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), as well as UN agencies, international finance institutions, national governments of both donor and recipient countries, governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, and a wider group of partners interested in climate-related development finance to agrifood systems. The document was prepared as part of the work plan of the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership.
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BookletCorporate general interestFAOSTYLE: English 2024The objective of having a house style is to ensure clarity and consistency across all FAO publications. Now available in HTML, this updated edition of FAOSTYLE: English covers matters such as punctuation, units, spelling and references. All FAO staff, consultants and contractors involved in writing, reviewing, editing, translating or proofreading FAO texts and information products in English should use FAOSTYLE, together with the practical guidance on processes and layout questions provided in Publishing at FAO – strategy and guidance.