The State of Food and Agriculture 2022

The preparation of The State of Food and Agriculture 2022 began with the formation of an advisory group representing all relevant FAO technical units, which, together with a panel of external experts, assisted the research and writing team. The preparation of the report was further informed by six background papers and original empirical analysis prepared by FAO and external experts. The advisory group met virtually to discuss the outline of the report on 24 January 2022 and commented on the first drafts of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in March 2022. Drafts of all chapters were presented to the advisory group and panel of external experts in advance of a workshop held virtually on 31 March – 6 April 2022 and chaired by the Deputy Director of FAO’s Agrifood Economics Division. With guidance from the workshop and a follow-on advisory group meeting, the report was revised and presented to the management team of FAO’s Economic and Social Development stream. The revised draft was sent for comments to other FAO streams and to the FAO regional offices for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Near East and North Africa. Comments were incorporated in the final draft, which was reviewed by the Deputy Director of the Agrifood Economics Division, the FAO Chief Economist and the Office of the Director-General.