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The role of trade and sustainable intensification to achieve global food security with less carbon emission and more carbon sequestration
According to some estimates food production needs to increase 60% by 2050 to meet the expected demand and assure food security for all.
BRIEF 2: Global food security and market stability: The role and concerns of large net food importers and exporters
During the last two decades agricultural trade has increased substantially. One consequence of this is that almost 20 percent of all calories consumed worldwide are provided by traded food.
Promoting competition in the fertilizer industry and efficiency in the fertilizer use to improve land productivity and sustainability
Given the central role that agriculture plays in the rural economy in developing countries, governments have implemented supply– and demand-side policies and programs to promote sustainable fertilizer use yielding mixed results.
Clarifying the problem of food loss and waste to improve food and nutrition security
Reducing food loss and waste can contribute to food security and sustainability.
Tax competition
The world is facing a new round of international tax competition that may result in a ruinous race to the bottom, undermining the fiscal capacity of states to respond to global challenges and to implement the Agenda 2030.
Monitoring agricultural productivity for sustainable production and R&D planning
Argentina’s G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future.
What does it take to stabilise India’s sugar market?
Agricultural growth, efficiency and family agriculture in Paraguay
Between 2001 and 2012, Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) agriculture saw its best performance of the last 30 years. What were the implications of this growth for family agriculture (FA) in the region?
Financing "A sustainable food future"
Achieving a “sustainable food future” requires building food systems that, in line with the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), support growth and employment, ensure social inclusiveness and equity, promote climate resilience and environ
2017 Annual report
Despite strong economic growth in 2017, antiglobalization sentiments increased uncertainty about international cooperation.