FAO Statistical Yearbook 2012

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 2012

Table of Contents

Introduction Preface Foreword How to use this book	[306Kb]

PART 1 – The setting People and demography Women in agriculture Land and water resources	[2.2Mb]

Labour Capital and investment Inputs Infrastructure	[2.5Mb]

Macroeconomy Tables Definitions and sources	[1.5Mb]

PART 2 – Hunger dimensions Risks, hazards and shocks Undernourishment Diets	[2.4Mb]

The spectrum of malnutrition Trade, food stability and food security Food prices and food price volatility	[2.2Mb]

Poverty and inequality Good governance	[1.4Mb]

Education, health and sanitation Food aid Tables Definitions and sources	[1.9Mb]

PART 3 – Feeding the world Aggregate agriculture Sources of growth in crop production	[1.9Mb]

Trends in the crop sector	[2.8Mb]

Trends in the livestock sector Trends in the fisheries sector Trends in agricultural trade	[1.9Mb]

Urban and peri-urban agriculture Food losses Tables Definitions and sources	[1.7Mb]

PART 4 – Sustainability dimensions: Land	[5.5Mb]

Water Pollution from agriculture	[1.8Mb]

Climate change Biodiversity and conservation Organic farming	[2.2Mb]

Genetically modified crops Agriculture and the bio-based economy Tables Definitions and sources	[1.8Mb]

PART 5 – Metadata Concepts and methods Bibliography	[257Kb]

ABSTRACT

The 2012 edition of the FAO Statistical Yearbook represents a break away from FAO tradition. Through employing data from global statistical providers, including FAO, the publication presents a visual synthesis of the major trends and factors shaping the global food and agricultural landscape and their interplay with broader environmental, social and economic dimensions. In doing so, it strives to serve as a unique reference point on the state of world food and agriculture for policy-makers, donor agencies, researchers and analysts as well as the general public.The book is subdivided into four thematic parts, where an attempt is made to exhaustively present the spectrum of issues relevant to the subject matter:

Part 1 The setting measures the state of the agricultural resource base, by assessing the supply of land, labour, capital, inputs and the adequacy of infrastructure, and also examines the pressure on the world food system stemming from demographic and macroeconomic change

Part 2 Hunger dimensions gauges the state of food insecurity and malnutrition, measuring the multitude of dimensions that give rise to hunger and those that shape undernourishment

Part 3 Feeding the world evaluates the past and present productive capacity of world agriculture together with the role of trade in meeting changing food, feed and other demands

Part 4 Sustainability dimensions examines the sustainability of agriculture in the context of the pressure it exerts on the environment, including the interaction of agriculture with climate change, and how it can provide ecosystem services in relation to the bio-based economy

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