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Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets
Major report, 2020
Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for...
Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets
Major report, 2020
The In Brief version of the FAO flagship publication, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020, contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the...
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
Major report, 2019
The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability...
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
Major report, 2019
A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2019, the In Brief contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media,...
Safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns
Major report, 2019
This year’s report presents evidence that the absolute number of people who suffer from hunger continues to slowly increase. The report also highlights that food insecurity is more than just hunger. For the first time,...
Safeguarding against economic slowdowns and downturns
Major report, 2019
A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019, the In Brief contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed...
Migration, agriculture and rural development
Major report, 2018
Migration is an expanding global reality, one that allows millions of people to seek new opportunities. But it also involves challenges for migrants and for societies, both in areas of origin and of destination. This...
Migration, agriculture and rural development
Major report, 2018
A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2018, the In Brief contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is aimed at the media,...
Alternative pathways to 2050
Major report, 2018
This report explores three different scenarios for the future of food and agriculture, based on alternative trends for key drivers, including income growth and distribution, population growth, technical progress and climate change. Building on the...
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Summary version
Major report, 2018
This publication summarizes the findings and analyses portrayed in the report The future of food and agriculture – Alternative pathways to 2050 and provides essential information on the approach adopted to implement the underlying foresight...