This report summarizes the main findings of the FAO study World agriculture: towards 2015/2030, which updates and extends the FAO global study, World agriculture: toward 2010, issued in 1995. It assesses the prospects, worldwide, for food and agriculture, including fisheries and forestry, over the years to 2015 and 2030. It presents the global long-term prospects for trade and sustainable development and discusses the issues at stake in these areas over the next 30 years.