The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 (SOFA): Climate change, agriculture and food security

Abstract

<p>The 2016 SOFA report presents evidence on today and tomorrow’s impact of climate change on agriculture and food systems. The report assesses the options to make agriculture and food systems resilient to climate change impacts, while minimizing environmental impacts. It shows that making agriculture and food systems sustainable is both economically and technically feasible. However barriers to the adoption of appropriate technologies and management practices will have to be lowered, especially for smallholder farmers and women farmers amongst them. Likewise, an overhaul is needed of agricultural and food policies to shift incentives in favour of investments, worldwide, in sustainable technologies and practices.</p> <p>The following complementary information is available :<ul> <li>Read the <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6132e.pdf"><i> In-Brief</i></a> summary of the full report. </li> <li>Read the <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-I6057e.pdf"><i>Flyer.</i></a></li> <li>See the <a href ="http://www.fao.org/3/a-C0380e.pdf"><i>Infographic - Mitigation</i></a></li> <li>See the <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6217e.pdf"><i>Infographic - Adaptation</i></a></li> <li>Visit the <a href="http://www.fao.org/publications/sofa/en"><i>SOFA webpage.</p> <a href="http://www.fao.org/publications/about-us/distributors/en/">Purchase a print copy.</a>