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In our interconnected, globalized world, trade can provide consumers a wide variety of safe and quality food products while giving farmers and food producers a stable and growing source of income. For this reason, promotion of those food products with competitive advantages is high on government agendas everywhere. To aid …

5 ways to feed 10 billion people in 2050… Greg Foot – BBC Future… The world’s population continues to grow. According to some estimates, the global population will reach 10 billion by 2050. It will take record-breaking food to feed all these people. What kind of changes are needed in …

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 173 points in June 2019, down marginally (0.3 percent) from May and very close to its level in June 2018. Lower prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset increases in the prices of cereals, sugar and meat; ending almost five …

Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end… Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics. This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on World Population Growth and Future Population Growth. One …

Qu Dongyu of China elected FAO Director-General… Succeeds José Graziano da Silva… Qu Dongyu received a total of 108 votes out of 191 cast, constituting a majority in the first round 23 June 2019, Rome – Qu Dongyu of China was elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of …