World food and agriculture: statistical pocketbook, 2018

This pocketbook presents, at a glance, selected key indicators on agriculture and food security, and is meant to serve as an easy-to- access and quick reference for all stakeholders and partners involved in policy formulation or decision making processes. The indicators are presented in two sections, one thematic and one country-specific; they are organized along four main themes: 1) The setting, that measures the state of the agricultural resource base by assessing the supply of land, labour, capital and inputs; 2) Hunger dimensions, which gauges the state of food insecurity and malnutrition, and highlights the four dimensions – availability, access, stability and utilization – that determine the scale of hunger and the shape of undernourishment; 3) Food supply, which evaluates the past and present productive capacity of world agriculture, together with the role of trade, in meeting the world’s demand for food, feed and other products; 4) Environment, which examines the sustainability of agriculture in the context of the pressure it exerts on its ecological surroundings. The pocketbook is part of FAO's efforts to support national, regional and international partners for improving the availability of high quality and timely data, in view of promoting sustainable agricultural development and zero hunger.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	185654 FAO, Rome (Italy). Statistics Div. eng
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Rome (Italy) FAO 2018
Subjects:	agricultural sector, food security, food supply, agricultural trade, agricultural statistics, production data, data collection, data analysis, statistical data,
Online Access:	http://www.fao.org/3/ca1796en/CA1796EN.pdf
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