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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookLeveraging institutional food procurement for linking small farmers to markets: Findings from WFP’s Purchase for Progress initiative and Brazil’s food procurement programmes 2017
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No results found.Institutional food procurement programme (IFPPs) refers to initiatives that are designed to link demand for food from institutions such as school, hospitals and school feeding programmes to broader development objectives. In developing countries, IFPPs are increasingly viewed as approaches that facilitate the integration of small farmers into formal food systems. This publication shares lessons from the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) Purchase for Progress pilot initiative (P4P) and Brazil’s National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) and the Public Food Procurement Programme (PAA), with insights on the policy and institutional reforms required for developing and implementing institutional food procurement programmes. In analyzing the needs and constraints of buying institutions and small suppliers, the publication also provides practical guidance on tools and capacity building priorities required to build strong institutional food procurement programmes. The analysis culmin ates in a programmatic framework to support the public sector shape and implement IFPPs. -
BookletTechnical bookImproving food security and nutrition through local public food procurement from smallholder farmers 2025
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In a region marked by inequalities, rural poverty, and the high cost of healthy diets, local public food procurement for smallholder farmers is presented as a public policy tool that can articulate state demand with local supply and promote more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agri-food systems. The document presents succesful experiencies in the region, evidencing positive impacts on agricultural production, food diversification, local employment, and the inclusion of women, alongside a greater supply of fresh and minimally processed foods in favour of a better nutrition. The report concludes that local public food procurement for smallholder farmers can be an engine of economic inclusion, productive development, and improvements in food security and nutrition, provided they are implemented with a systemic, progressive, and evidence-based approach. The key is to redirect existing public spending towards purchases that generate structural impacts on agrifood systems. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureMicro-, small and medium-sized enterprises increase supply of nutritious food in local markets
Success stories from Kenya and Malawi
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No results found.Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are key players in local food supply chains, handling about 65% of the food consumed in regions like Africa and South Asia. Therefore, they are a key entry point to promote and increase the local availability of nutritious food and improve the food environment, while being a source for income and employment, and instrumental for the economic inclusion and self-reliance of women and youth.The success stories presented in this publication showcase MSMEs in Kenya and Malawi increasing their production of nutritious food and suppling these to the local markets as the result of a specifically designed mentoring and coaching program. The program promoted their knowledge and skills in production, food safety, conservation and proper handling, diversification of products, and marketing of nutritious food, complemented by general business and financial management skills and reinforced by the investment in basic equipment. The success stories show that MSMEs enhanced their capacities to introduce and sustain strategic improvements that increase their supply of nutritious food; that unmet local demand for nutritious and diverse food bears opportunities for MSMEs; that the mentoring and coaching program, by identifying individualized business solutions, is applicable to all food products and stages of the food supply chains, and that these activities are therefore adaptable to the food system priorities of each territory.
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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.
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Book (stand-alone)General interest bookFAO elearning Academy - Major achievements for 2020
Strengthening capacity to face global challenges
2021Also available in:
No results found.This publication describes the work of the elearning Academy in 2020. The year 2020 marked the launch of the FAO multilingual elearning Academy new website, the adoption of a digital badges certification system and the organization of a series of successful international technical webinars with over 5 000 participants in total and in collaboration with more than 30 partners worldwide. In addition to this, 75 new elearning self-paced courses were published, reaching the number of 350 multilingual elearning courses as a result of a collaborative effort involving over 200 partners throughout the world. The courses are fully aligned with the United Nations SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs) and cover thematic areas such as: climate-smart agriculture, sustainable food systems and nutrition, food safety, food losses, sustainable management of natural resources, responsible governance of tenure. -
Book (stand-alone)Corporate general interestActivity book – Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future 2025In this special FAO 80th anniversary edition, join Taleb and his grandmother Teslim in an inspiring story set in Mauritania and discover how their lives have been transformed by the Great Green Wall initiative. Packed with engaging activities, game, and sustainable crafts, children can explore the Four Betters and learn how by working hand in hand, we can build a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous, and food-secure world where everyone has access to a healthy diet. By sparking curiosity and encouraging action, this activity book aims to empower young minds to become future changemakers in their own communities.