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DocumentUkraine: Review of the Sunflower Oil Sector - 2004 Update and Mid-Term Strategy
Report N. 10 - August 2005
2005Also available in:
This publication is part of report series published under the FAO Investment Centre/European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Cooperation Programme. The series presents sector reviews and studies undertaken in Central and Eastern Europe that cover development issues and innovative areas to increase investment in agriculture in the region. This publication provides an update to the FAO Investment Centre/EBRD Report No. 2: Ukraine: Review of the Sunflower Oil Sector (2002). It also inc ludes a mid-term strategy for the Ukrainian oilseeds sector, prepared in close collaboration with a wide range of public and private stakeholders. Between 2002 and 2005, EBRD continued to invest in the Ukrainian oilseed sector and asked FAO to pursue its efforts to promote a more active and transparent policy dialogue between local private stakeholders and Ukraines policy makers. Based on this report, the Government of Ukraine has started to implement some of the policy recommendations put forwa rd, in particular the progressive reduction of Ukraines export tax of oilseeds. The report provides useful background information for commodity analysts, financial institutions wishing to invest in the oilseed sector and governments of oilseed producing countries. -
Book (series)Turkey: Water along the food chain 2017
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No results found.Turkey’s agri-food sector will be of tremendous importance in the decades to come. In 2013, in terms of its total gross agricultural production value (at 2004-06 constant prices), Turkey was ranked eighth in the world, just behind Argentina and closely followed by France and Mexico. The first objective of this report is to compile empirical evidence from official statistics on water usage in the Turkish agricultural sector and to combine this with available qualitative information and first-hand company-level and stakeholder information about water usage in typical processing steps along the Turkish food value chain. This analysis was conducted while taking the perspectives of both the public and private sectors into account, and with a view toward the potential need for investment in order to maintain and increase the competitiveness of the Turkish agri-food industry in the long-term. The red meat chain in Turkey was therefore examined in detail as an example of a major sector with a dynamically growing domestic demand. The second objective of this report is to analyse existing economic incentives in Turkey that have an effect on the use of water along the food chain, and to investigate if and to what extent these incentives currently contribute to an overall “water-smart” policy framework around agricultural production and processing. Therefore, the overall purpose of the report is to determine whether potential changes to existing policies in Turkey might enable the countr y’s water resources to be used more efficiently and sustainably in future. -
DocumentRussian Federation: Analysis of the Agribusiness Sector in Southern Russia
Report N. 13 - January 2009
2009Also available in:
No results found.Agriculture plays an important role in the Russian Federation and in particular in the Southern Federal Okrug. This region has tremendous comparative advantages in agricultural production, with some of the world’s best and most expensive land for arable farming and long agricultural traditions. However, agriculture in this area on faces important challenges and productivity remains low compared to most developed economies. The reform process in the agricultural sector is not yet completed. Agrib usiness value chains have suffered as finance is difficult to access. The investment climate in rural areas is not business-friendly, quality of infrastructure is poor, and conventional market institutions are not developed. An analysis of agribusiness constraints and investment opportunities in Russia is presented in this publication by the FAO Investment Centre/European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Cooperation Programme. It appears in its FAO/EBRD report series which fea tures sector reviews and studies undertaken on development issues and innovative areas for investment in emerging market countries in Europe and the CIS region. It was prepared in close collaboration with experts within the Government and private sector of the Russian Federation.
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