“The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021)” Main Report is a comprehensive resource that highlights the worsening state of the earth’s soil, land and water resources - the roots of the global food systems - and the challenges posed in feeding a global population expected to hit ten billion by 2050.

It comes at a time when human pressures on the systems of land, soils and fresh water are intensifying, just when they are being pushed to their productive limits. The impacts of climate change are already constraining rainfed and irrigated production over and above the environmental consequences resulting from decades of unsustainable use.

SOLAW 2021 provides solutions away from the business-as-usual approach, injecting a sense of urgency in making the necessary transformation at the roots of the global food systems. It provides key information for decision-makers, raising awareness and leadership on the sustainable use of land, soil and water resources to meet global challenges with forward-looking post-pandemic new ways of thinking, to start transformation towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems.

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