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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) by 2030 remains a persistent global challenge, especially under current overlapping crises such as climate change...

This report highlights the critical role of sustainable and circular bioeconomy in addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in the agrifood sector. By leveraging nature-based...

This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Middle East and North Africa...

Ministers have approved Council conclusions on a potential Europe-wide research and innovation initiative on advancing sustainable natural resource management, food systems security and the deployment of the bioeconomy...

This report analyses the effect of the Russian Invasion on the longer-term future of Ukraine’s population size and structure. The qualitative scenarios spanning a range of possible migration futures are translated...

Land-based mitigation is essential in reducing net carbon emissions. Yet, the attribution of carbon fluxes remains highly uncertain, in particular for the forest-rich region of Eastern Europe (incl...

With rising physical and economic scarcity of water, increasing or sustaining agricultural production while limiting or reducing consumptive water use is an urgent challenge. This article examines the case...

Hunger and food insecurity have continued to increase in the Arab region due to various factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 1 of this report will present the...

Key messages Hunger in the Arab region has continued to rise since 2014 . The number of undernourished people reached 69 million in 2020, or 15.8 percent...

In the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, the low-input cropping systems dominated by cereal monoculture and intensive tillage have a marked negative impact on pressure from diseases, weeds...