FAO/EBRD COLLABORATION ON PROMOTING GREEN FOOD VALUE CHAINS Investing in Greener Value Chains TCI Investment Days – 17 December 2014
FAO/EBRD COOPERATION since 1994, mostly with EBRD’s Agribusiness team focus on private agribusiness development ~ 120 assignments cost-sharing agreement: 30% FAO - 70% EBRD
N EW AREA OF WORK 2013: collaboration expanded to include EBRD’s Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Team Objective: promoting investment in more efficient use of water, biomass, land, energy in ETC and SEMED regions FAO’s technical support happens through: normative/analytical activities technical assessments at country-level capacity building and policy dialogue
O NGOING A SSIGNMENTS Areas: irrigation/water, bioenergy, climate change technologies Developing/testing methodology for assessing irrigation investment needs (Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Turkey) Supporting Public/Private Capacity in Bioenergy/Agriculture Investments (Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine) Monitoring adoption of key sustainable climate technologies in the agri-food sector (Global/Morocco) Water along the food chain study (Turkey, Jordan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan)