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Insight into the future of the world population is key for policy planning. National statistical offices and international organisations regularly produce population projections employing a variety of methods. Some...

Insight into the future of the world population is key for policy planning. At present, several organisations engage in developing global long-term population projections and provide varied results in terms...

Currently, there are still 815 million people who do not have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, particularly among the most vulnerable...

Meta-regressions of around 1000 cases published over the period 1997–2018 suggest that the direction of the relationship between land area and agricultural performance strongly depends on the performance indicator...

This fifth progress report provides an update on achievements with respect to the European Union’s (EU) two ambitious commitments on nutrition: to support 40 partner countries to reduce the number...

For the last four years, the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has provided an annual, consensus-based overview of the severity, magnitude and drivers of theworld’s food crises. The GRFC...

Parliamentarians can significantly contribute to achieving the right to food at a global, national and local scale, as they play a key role in setting up the enabling legal and institutional frameworks...

The new report examines five megatrends: climate change; demographic shifts, particularly population ageing; urbanization; the emergence of digital technologies; and inequalities –that are affecting...

In September 2015, the Member States of the United Nations approved a new global development framework, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, built around 17 Sustainable Development...

This is the fourth report highlighting progress made by the EU and its Member States towards implementing their common policy commitments on food and nutrition security.1 It is accompanied...