Environment
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Pesticides use and trade 1990–2021
14/07/2023
Pesticides are a key agricultural input needed to protect seeds and safeguard crops from unwanted plants, insects, bacteria, fungi and rodents. At the same time,...
Land statistics and indicators 2000–2021. Global, regional and country trends
13/07/2023
Land use statistics describe the ways in which land is utilized and managed by humans and allocated for different purposes, including through administrative arrangements. FAO...
Inorganic fertilizers 2000–2021
11/07/2023
FAOSTAT provides statistics at country, regional and global levels on the production, trade and agricultural use of inorganic (mineral and chemical) fertilizers, by nutrient and by...
Greenhouse gas emissions from pre- and post agricultural production processes. Global, regional and country trends, 1990–2020
18/05/2023
Agrifood systems account for one-third of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and pre- and post-production (PPP) activities represent just over 33 percent (5.5 Gt...
Temperature change statistics 1961–2022. Global, regional and country trends
27/03/2023
The FAOSTAT Temperature Change domain disseminates statistics of land surface air temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean...
Cropland nutrient budget. Global, regional and country trends, 1961–2020
15/11/2022
FAOSTAT released new data on cropland nutrient budgets, allowing to assess the environmental burden of fertilizer inputs in relation to the amounts needed to support sustainable...
Greenhouse gas emissions from agrifood systems. Global, regional and country trends, 2000–2020
04/11/2022
Emissions from agri-food systems are those generated by farm production activities (crops and livestock), land use change and pre- and post-production processes. Emissions generated in agri-food...
Pesticides use, pesticides trade and pesticides indicators. Global, regional and country trends, 1990–2020
15/07/2022
Pesticides use in agriculture as an input and the agri-environmental indicator measuring use by cropland area serve to monitor the use of pesticides across the...
Inorganic fertilizers 1990–2020
15/07/2022
FAOSTAT provides statistics at country, regional and global levels on the production, trade and agricultural use of inorganic fertilizers. These FAOSTAT domains are updated annually. The...
Land statistics and indicators. Global, regional and country trends, 2000–2020
15/07/2022
Land use statistics describe activities undertaken for the purpose of economic production, and more recently for the maintenance and restoration of environmental functions. The FAOSTAT...
