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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2022
Leveraging agricultural automation for transforming agrifood systems
2022Automation has been shaping world agriculture since the early twentieth century. Motorized mechanization has brought significant benefits in terms of improved productivity, reduced drudgery and more efficient allocation of labour, but also some negative environmental impacts. More recently, a new generation of digital agricultural automation technologies has appeared, with the potential to further enhance productivity, as well as resilience, while also addressing the environmental sustainability challenges driven by past mechanization.The State of Food and Agriculture 2022 looks into the drivers of agricultural automation, including the more recent digital technologies. Based on 27 case studies, the report analyses the business case for adoption of digital automation technologies in different agricultural production systems across the world. It identifies several barriers preventing inclusive adoption of these technologies, particularly by small-scale producers. Key barriers are low digital literacy and lack of an enabling infrastructure, such as connectivity and access to electricity, in addition to financial constraints. Based on the analysis, the publication suggests policies to ensure that disadvantaged groups in developing regions can benefit from agricultural automation and that automation contributes to sustainable and resilient agrifood systems. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookRebuilding West Africa's food potential
Policies and market incentives for smallholder-inclusive food value chains
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This book offers an in-depth analyses of value chain policies, past and present in West Africa. The book contains a large number of in-depth case studies of food value chains in particular countries, including traditional export commodities (cocoa, cotton), high value exports (mangoes, horticulture) and the most important staple food value chains (oil palm, rice, maize, sorghum and millet and cassava) in the region. It also contains a large number of private and public initiatives, and thematic analyses relating to the role of the private agro-industry and producer organisations and their role as market agents. -
Book (series)General interest book订单农业监管制度研究 2021
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粮农组织此前在订单农业方面的著作有2015年携手统法协会和农发基金出版的《订单农业法律指南》。指南侧重讨论农业生产方和发包方两者之间的关系。本立法研究做了进一步深化，聚焦订单农业监管制度，强调在不同情况之下应采取不同手段。 负责任订单农业可成为发展中国家从小农走向大规模商业化生产的有力工具。这种农业形式可以创造经济财富，生产更多优质产品，从而提高供应链效率，助力实现国内粮食安全目标。要实现利益最大化、风险最小化，就需要营造一个有利的环境，关键在于国内的监管制度。本立法研究即为国内监管机构和感兴趣的读者就如何评估和改革国内监管制度、实现负责任订单农业提供了指导。鉴于不同的国家和国情可能受益于不同的监管方案，本立法研究并未将某一单一方案作为最佳选择，而是通过若干案例，辅以代表性案例研究，说明如何监管订单农业。