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Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
Working paper, 2025
Hunger and food insecurity reduction has stagnated in the years after the pandemic, putting the world far off course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 2.1. In addition, while some progress has been...
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Conceptual and methodological issues
Working paper, 2025
Measures of agricultural land inequality have primarily relied on the distribution of farm size, using information from agricultural census data. In this paper, we use an expanded approach, recognizing the complexity and the multiple dimensions...
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A cross-country approach
Working paper, 2025
This study provides country-level estimates of productive inputs and assets utilized by farming households, including land, fertilizers, agrochemicals, water management technologies, improved seeds, and mechanization in 19 countries across the world covering the period 2014–2020,...
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A comparative study and application to cocoa farmers in Cameroon
Working paper, 2025
How should the cost of a decent life be quantified, and are living income indicators valid welfare measures for agrifood policies? This paper critically examines two methodologies for estimating living income benchmarks (LIB) and their...
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An analysis of agricultural production and yields
Technical report, 2025
The Comoros, a small island developing state (SIDS) ranking among the poorest nations in Africa, faces many challenges that make it particularly vulnerable to food insecurity: as an isolated, net food-importing country with a small...
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Refining the approach for forest management activities in EX-ACT
Technical report, 2025
This report aims to illustrate the methodological improvements for estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals from forest management practices and disturbances implemented in the FAO's Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool (EX-ACT), an online accounting app...
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Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
Corporate publications, 2024
Repurposing public support to food and agriculture has gained significant global attention. However, resources allocated to support the food and agriculture sector may not be high enough for significant repurposing in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper...
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Technical brief, 2024
Agricultural systems and rural development are key to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Policymakers seeking to eradicate hunger today face a difficult dilemma: preventing billions from going hungry while saving the planet. To...
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A comprehensive competitiveness analysis
Technical brief, 2024
Uganda’s dairy industry, a key sector within the country’s third National Development Plan, has experienced remarkable growth in the last decade, with raw-milk production rising from 1.9 billion litres in 2014 to 2.8 billion litres...
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Policy brief, 2024
This policy brief outlines the African Union Commission’s (AUC) progress in tracking resilience to food insecurity, climate variability, and other shocks under the Malabo Declaration. With support from FAO and its digital Resilience Index Measurement...
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