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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...

Effective communication of acute food insecurity and malnutrition information must clearly and succinctly describe the context, causes and outcomes. Based on the IPC Technical Manual Version 3.1...

Highlights: Since the last update on April 11, 2024, the agriculture and cereal price indices closed 1 percent higher, and the export price index closed 3 percent...

This report describes a breakthrough model for financing and collaboration to support farmers and accelerate the transition to sustainable food production . Food production changes are urgently needed...

Highlights: In 2024Q1, global domestic food price inflation was 4.9 percent, down from 5.7 percent in 2023Q4. Decreasing international prices of various agricultural commodities...

Agritech services are reshaping the agriculture and food sector by enabling sustainable farm operations and efficient supply chains. This insight report is a sequel to the World Economic Forum’s...

Obesity rates are increasing almost everywhere in the world, although the pace and timing for this increase differ when populations from developed and developing countries are compared. The sharp...

Trade-off analysis (TOA) is central to policy and decision-making aimed at promoting sustainable agricultural landscapes. Yet, a generic methodological framework to assess trade-offs in agriculture is absent, largely...

Highlights: The livestock sector's environmental impacts are summarised and contextualised against planetary boundaries. Impacts are examined in three domains; climate change, biogeochemical flows...

Highlights: Large global potentials for carbon sequestration and biodiversity risk reduction. Agricultural productivity increases necessary for safeguarding future food supply. Trade-offs and synergies between...