About the series
The State of Food and Agriculture,one of FAO's major annual flagship publications, aims at bringing to a wider audience balanced science-based assessments of important issues in the field of food and agriculture. Each edition of the report contains a comprehensive, yet easily accessible, overview of a selected topic of major relevance for rural and agriculture development and for global food security.
Latest issue: SOFA 2019
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
This new edition of the report focuses on food losses and waste, providing new estimates of the world’s food post-harvest up to, but excluding, the retail level.
Addressing policy makers, the report also offers a comprehensive analysis of the critical loss points in specific supply chains, thus providing examples on appropriate measures for an effective reduction.
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Previous editions
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1947
Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1948
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1949
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1950
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1951
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1952
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1953
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1954
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1955
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1956
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1957
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1958
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1959
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1960
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1961
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1962
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1963
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1964
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1965
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1966
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1967
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1968
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1969
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1970
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1971
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1972
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1973
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1974
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1975
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1976
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1977
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1978
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1979
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1980
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1981
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1982
World review, livestock production: a world perspective
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1983
World review: the situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, women in developing agriculture
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1984
World review: the ten years since the World Food Conference, Urbanization, agriculture and food systems
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1985
Mid-decade review of food and agriculture
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1986
World and regionale reviews, financing agricultural development
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1987-1988
Changing priorities for agricultural science and technologi in developing countries
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1989
World and regional reviews, sustainable development and natural resource management
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1990
World and regional reviews, structural adjustment and agriculture
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1991
World and regional reviews, agricultural policies and issues: lessons from the 1980s and prospects for the 1990s
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1992
World and regional reviews, marine fisheries and the law of the sea: a decade of change
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1993
Water policies and agriculture
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1994
Forest development and policy dilemmas
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1995
Agricultural trade: entering a new era?
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1996
Food security: some macroeconomic dimensions
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1997
The agroprocessing industry and economic development
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1998
Rural non-farm income in developing countries
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 1999
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2000
Lessons from the past 50 years
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2001
Economic impacts of transboundary plant pests and animal diseases
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2002
Agriculture and global public goods ten years after the Earth summit
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2003-2004
Agricultural Biotechnology
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2005
Agricultural trade and poverty
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2006
Food Aid for Food Security?
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2007
Paying farmers for environmental services
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2008
Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2009
Livestock in the balance
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2010-2011
Women in agriculture. Closing the gender gap for development
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2012
Investing in agriculture for a better future
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2013
Food systems for better nutrition
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2014
Innovation in family farming
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2015
Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2016
Climate change, agriculture and food security
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2017
Leveraging Food Systems for Inclusive Rural Transformations
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The State of Food and Agriculture: 2018
Migration, agriculture and rural development