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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookGlobal macro-economic factors and key drivers impacting global food price volatility, domestic food prices, affordability, and accessibility of food
A paper produced for the G20 Taskforce on Food Security under the Presidency of South Africa
2025Also available in:
No results found.Global food prices became again a concern for policy makers in 2020. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was followed closely by the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, posing two successive shocks to the global economy and agricultural markets in the context of recurrent weather adverse conditions. These events contributed to the deterioration of global food security. The FAO Food Price Index reached its highest historical level in March 2022, and while international food prices have since declined, they have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. The international community, including the G20, used several policy instruments to respond to these shocks. These included monetary, financial and trade policies.The present paper was prepared by FAO at the request of the G20 Presidency of the Republic of South Africa to inform the deliberations of the G20 Taskforce on Food Security in 2025. It discusses the drivers behind recent food price movements and inflation, their pass-through to domestic markets and puts forward policy responses that can help mitigate these effects. The present paper draws from previous FAO work and contains some findings from the 2025 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World – Addressing high food price inflation for food security and nutrition (SOFI 2025). For an extended analysis on this topic, readers may wish to refer to SOFI 2025. -
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DocumentPolicy briefPrice Volatility in Agricultural Markets
Evidence, impact on food security and policy responses
2011Recent bouts of extreme price volatility in global agricultural markets portend rising and more frequent threats to world food security. To reduce countries’ vulnerability, policies should improve market functioning and equip countries to better cope with the adverse effects of extreme volatility.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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No results found.The SWSR is a reference document on the status of global soil resources that provides regional assessments of soil change. The information is based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with expert knowledge and project outputs. It provides a description and a ranking of ten major soil threats that endanger ecosystem functions, goods and services globally and in each region separately. Additionally, it describes direct and indirect pressures on soils and ways and means to combat s oil degradation. The report contains a Synthesis report for policy makers that summarizes its findings, conclusions and recommendations.The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2019
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
2019The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, efforts to reduce food loss and waste will only be effective if informed by a solid understanding of the problem. This report provides new estimates of the percentage of the world’s food lost from production up to the retail level. The report also finds a vast diversity in existing estimates of losses, even for the same commodities and for the same stages in the supply chain. Clearly identifying and understanding critical loss points in specific supply chains – where considerable potential exists for reducing food losses – is crucial to deciding on appropriate measures. The report provides some guiding principles for interventions based on the objectives being pursued through food loss and waste reductions, be they in improved economic efficiency, food security and nutrition, or environmental sustainability. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSoil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management 2019
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Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion.