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Crop Prospects and Food Situation

Triannual Global Report, No. 1, March 2024

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 46 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-138629-3

Series title Crop Prospects and Food Situation

Series number No. 01/2024

Synopsis (short abstract) The triannual Crop Prospects and Food Situation report provides a forward-looking analysis of the food situation across the globe, focusing on the cereal production outlook, market situation and food security conditions, with a particular attention on low-income food-deficit countries (LIFDCs).At the start of 2024, FAO assesses that globally 45 countries/territories, including 33 in Africa, nine in Asia, two in Latin America and the Caribbean and one in Europe, are in need of external assistance for food. Conflicts in Near East Asia, and in West and East Africa are driving alarmingly high levels of the most severe phase of acute food insecurity, while widespread dry weather conditions are expected to aggravate acute food insecurity in Southern Africa. The report includes the first global wheat production forecast for 2024. The preliminary wheat production outlook indicates an expected 1 percent year-on-year increase in the world output to 797 million tonnes in 2024, albeit still remaining slightly below the record reached in 2022.

Last updated 08/03/2024

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FAO. 2024. Crop Prospects and Food Situation – Triannual Global Report No. 1, March 2024. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0022en

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