Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
80% of people who do not have access to improved drinking water live in rural areas (FAO, 2024).
6.9% of households without a water source have girls as the main people responsible for water collection (FAO, 2024).
-4.4% is the gender gap in land productivity in the sample of plots managed exclusively by women, suggesting that they are more productive than men (FAO, 2024).
Building towards the goal of zero hunger, the food and agriculture sector must be considered when designing nutritional interventions (Duncan et al., 2022).
Over the past 50 years, the world’s food systems have changed dramatically. Throughout, policy research has played a crucial role in providing evidence and analysis to inform decision-making that supports agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security and nutrition. The 2025 Global Food Policy Report examines the evolution and impact of food policy research and assesses how ...
Up to 15 % could increase food prices by 2030 without land-use planning in biofuels, affecting the most vulnerable (Nature Food, 2023).
165 billion liters of biofuels were produced worldwide in 2022, which projects an annual growth of 5% until 2028 (IEA, 2023).
185.4 million tons was the record for world aquatic animal production in 2022 (FAO, 2024).
94 million tons were produced by aquaculture in 2022, surpassing for the first time capture fisheries, which reached 91 million (FAO, 2024).
115 million tons came from marine areas in 2022, 69 % from capture fisheries and 31 % from aquaculture (FAO, 2024).
