FAO Investment Centre: Annual Review 2019

Abstract

Sustainable food systems are key to tackling our most pressing challenges – from ending hunger and poverty to preserving the health and well-being of people and the planet. 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 highlights the achievements for FAO Investment Centre in 2019. The FAO Investment Centre supports the Organization’s members to design and implement good quality public investment operations that improve food security, natural resource management and climate resilience. At the same time, it plays a strategic role in promoting a conductive environment for private investment by providing targeted technical assistance and advisory services to blended finance operations and impact funds.