World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. Summary Report

dc.creatorOffice of Assistant Director-General (Economic and Social Department)
dc.date2024-12-27T11:40:33Z
dc.date2024-12-27T11:40:33Z
dc.date2002
dc.date2018-01-04T07:22:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T20:00:05Z
dc.descriptionThis report is a shorter version of World agriculture: towards 2015/2030, FAO's latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world's food supplies, nutrition and agriculture. It summarizes the projections, distills the messages and presents them for the generalist. The projections cover supply and demand for the major agricultural commodities and sectors, including fisheries and forestry. This analysis forms the basis for a more detailed examination of other factors, such as nutrition a nd undernourishment, and the implications for international trade. The report also investigates the implications of future supply and demand for the natural resource base and discusses how technology can contribute to a more sustainable development. One of the report's main findings is that, if no corrective action is taken, the target set by the World Food Summit in 1996 - that of halving the number of undernourished people by 2015 - is not going to be met. Nothing short of a massive effort at improving the overall development performance will free the developing world of its most pressing food insecurity problems. The progress made towards this target depends on many factors, not least of which are political will and the mobilization of additional resources. Past experience underlines the crucial role of agriculture in the development process, particularly where the majority of the population relies on this sector for employment and income.
dc.format106
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.formattext/html
dc.identifier9251047618
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/y3557e
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/a-y3557e.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/181524
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleWorld Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. Summary Report
dc.titleWorld Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. Summary Report
dc.typeBook (stand-alone)

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