1.
FAO
Investment
Centre
Alberta Mascaretti, Chief of Africa Service
December 2019

2.
USD 147 billion
Official Development Assistance in 2017*
USD 3 900 billion
Estimated annual investment needed to reach the SDGs
USD 300 000 billion
Global financial assets available for investment.
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
requires innovative approaches to catalyse private capital
Sources: Credit Suisse, Forbes, OECD, SDGC Africa, World Bank, World Economic Forum & TWA Analysis; Note: figures are high-level rounded estimates
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USD3 760 billion
Estimated annual
SDG funding gap

3.
FAO estimates incremental resources of up to USD 265 billion a year are
needed to eliminate poverty and hunger by 2030.
• That requires a mix of public and private investments.
• Farmers in low- and middle-income countries invest more than
USD 170 billion a year - by far the largest share of agricultural investment.
• Governments need to invest in public goods with high social returns
and help farmers overcome barriers preventing greater investment
• A changing development financing landscape offers new opportunities
to crowd-in private investment.
Agricultural investment landscape

4.
FAO is well positioned to support
investment in food and agriculture
• Political mandate and convening power
• Global repository of knowledge and data on food and
agriculture
• Respected for setting standards and regulatory
instruments
• Unique technical knowledge in key sectors
• Broad network, country level presence and CPFs
• Recognized centre of investment- and policy-related
expertise

5.
The private sector, especially farmers, is responsible for most
investment in food and agriculture
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
On-farm investment in
agricultural capital (76)
Government investment (76)
Public spending on agricultural
R&D (42)
Official development assistance
(70)
Foreign direct investment (36)
USD Billion
Domestic
Private
Public
Public
Private
Foreign
(averages 2005-07 – SOFA 2012)

6.
• Triangular strategic partnerships with Governments and
over 30+ international financing institutions, climate
finance mechanisms and the private sector.
• Strong country focus:
• Support to policy and investment programming
• Support to investment formulation and implementation
• Strengthening national capacities in investment planning /
implementation
• Facilitation of private – public dialogue between
Governments and the private sector
• Fostering knowledge sharing and learning and promoting
innovation
FAO Investment Centre

7.
Our main partners
World Bank
International Fund for
Agricultural Development
IFAD
European Bank for
Reconstruction
and Development
EBRD
African Development Bank
AfDB
Inter-American
DevelopmentBank
IDB
Asian DevelopmentBank
ADB
Caribbean Development Bank
CDB
Green Climate Fund
GCF
Global Agriculture
and Food Security Program
GAFSP
Central AmericanBank
for EconomicIntegration
CABEI
Islamic Development Bank
IsDB
EuropeanUnion
EU

8.
Areas of work
Supporting countries to
design, implement and
evaluate Investment
projects and
programmes
Facilitating multi-
stakeholder policy
dialogue to create an
enabling environment
for public and private
investment
Building capacities in
investment design and
implementation
including economic and
financial analysis.
Sharing analytical
studies, guidance
materials and hosting
knowledge networks and
events
Investment
Programme Support
Investment Policy
Support
Capacity
Development
Knowledge and
Innovation

9.
USD 1 448 million
18 projects
in 2018
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Highlights

10.
IFAD
Benin
FAO supported the design of the
Agricultural Development and
Market Access Support Project
(PADAAM, USD 104 million) which
aims to sustainably improve the
food security and incomes of
small producers, especially
women and youths
IFAD
Senegal
FAO lead the design of the
Project Supporting the
integration of young
agripreneurs in agriculture
(AGRI-YOUTH, USD 92 million)
which seeks to promote the
settlement and socio-
professional inclusion of rural
youth in family farms and
profitable businesses that
create income and
sustainable jobs

11.
World Bank
Tanzania
The Resilient Natural Resource
Management for Growth Project
(REGROW), valued at USD 150
million, aims is to improve
management of natural
resources and tourism assets in
priority areas of southern
Tanzania and to increase access
to livelihood activities for
selected communities.
FAO is currently supporting the
design of the Water for
Smallholder Agricultural
Production Project (WASAP, USD
100 million) which aims to to
develop irrigation by creating the
needed enabling environment for
farmer-led irrigation
World Bank
Uganda

12.
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