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FAO land and water annual overview, 2023

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Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 57 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Category Annual report

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO land & water annual overview 2023 presents the key achievements of FAO's work on the sustainable and integrated management of land, soil and water resources over the course of 2023.Our planet’s natural resources – land, soil and water – are the backbone of the global food system, yet they face unprecedented pressures. Over 95 percent of the world's food is produced on land, yet one-third of such land is degraded. Ten percent of the global population live in countries with high or critical level of water stress, hindering all efforts towards water and food security. It is our shared responsibility to safeguard these resources and to manage them wisely to ensure that everyone, everywhere, has sustainable access to safe, nutritious and affordable food, preventing the global health crisis from becoming a food crisis.

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FAO.2025. FAO land and water annual overview, 2023. Rome.

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