During year 2022, the JRC-TMF dataset on tropical moist forests reports a 14.9% increase in forest disturbances in the Pan-Amazon region compared to year 2021 (35,480 km2...
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This paper is a Rapid Evidence Assessment that summarizes the role of smallholder producers and Small and Medium-sized Agrifood Enterprises (SMAE) across the five Action Tracks associated with the Food Systems...
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COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD
FAO assesses that globally 45 countries, including 33 in Africa, nine in Asia, two in Latin America and...
GIEWS Updates describe anomalous food supply and agricultural situations in countries or subregions. The reports are intended to alert the international community and outline measures to be taken...
Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior
Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could in theory better align production and conservation goals. We show, however, that across a range of conservation...
With the growing impact of climate change on agriculture and food, its threat to human existence can no longer be dismissed. This threat is global, but producers and consumers in less...
The war in Ukraine has roiled commodity markets and raised concerns about global food security. Ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors had already...
Agricultural transformation may be broadly defined as the process over time by which the agrifood system evolves from subsistence oriented and farm centred into more commercialised, productive...
Debates about public expenditure in the agricultural sector have reopened in many developing and emerging economies because of high budget deficits and changes in public opinion. As a result...
An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?
Agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara — especially for small farms and businesses — requires a new paradigm to meet the needs of the continent’s evolving farming systems...