Global Agriculture
...On behalf of the United Nations and the World Bank, in a four-year-process, more than 400 scientists summarised the state of global agriculture, its history and its future....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/
10 Lessons and Challenges - Global Agriculture
...Subdivided into 292 different statements, in the third chapter of the Global Report, IAASTD authors provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge about global agriculture (AKST: Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology)....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/original-reports/10-lessons-challenges/
Trade and Markets - Global Agriculture
...The international terms of trade ? the conditions of global agricultural trade ? emerged in the colonial era of the 19th century. Today they are regulated by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and a large number of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/topics/trade-markets/
Publications - Global Agriculture
...Business as usual is not an option, if we want to reduce hunger and poverty, improve rural livelihoods and achieve environmentally, socially and economically...
https://www.globalagriculture.org/publications/
OECD, FAO: Global food demand to grow by 15% over next decade
...Agricultural production is expected to grow by 15% over the coming decade. For nearly all commodities covered in the report, real prices are projected to remain at or below current levels, as productivity improvements continue to outpace demand growth....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/news/oecd-fao-global-food-demand-to-grow-by-15-over-next-decade/
Women in Agriculture - Global Agriculture
...On average, women comprise 43% of the agricultural labour force in developing countries, ranging from 20% in Latin America to 50% in Eastern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/topics/women-in-agriculture/
Agrofuels and Bioenergy - Global Agriculture
...Agrofuel production is playing a key role in the purchasing and leasing of large agricultural areas in developing and emerging countries. Around 23% of land deals listed by the Land Matrix are geared towards the cultivation of plants used for the production of agrofuels....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/topics/agrofuels-bioenergy/
Brochure - Global Agriculture
...This was the message of the ?International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development? (IAASTD). The new brochure ?Agriculture at a Crossroads? presents the report?s main findings with updated facts and figures, charts and maps and the latest scientific insights....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/publications/brochure/
Report reveals environmental and social cost of EU?s land footprint ...
...The report estimates that average EU per capita cropland consumption is 1.5 times higher than the global average, highlighting an inequitable distribution of global land resources and an overstepping of planetary boundaries....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/news/report-reveals-environmental-and-social-cost-of-eus-land-footprint/
U.S. agriculture faces lack of young farmers, loss of local knowledge
...Across the United States, farmers are getting older and fewer young operators are entering the agricultural workforce than in the past, according to a new study published in the December issue of the journal Rangelands....
https://www.globalagriculture.org/news/u-s-agriculture-faces-lack-of-young-farmers-loss-of-local-knowledge/