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Secondary waste is waste generated from different sources and of different nature, i.e. waste generated in a process that is known as a waste treatment operation; it includes residual materials...

The economy has recovered to pre-COVID level but remains below its pre-COVID trajectory. The COVID-19 crisis led to an economic contraction in 2020-21 before recovering by 5.2 percent in 2022...

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...

Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been insufficient, not least because of shocks such as the COVID 19 pandemic and recent wars. The cost...