The State of Food and Agriculture 2024

Acknowledgements

This edition of the report is dedicated to the memory of Terri Raney (1 August 1956 – 2 September 2024), former FAO Senior Economist and Editor of The State of Food and Agriculture from 2003 to 2015.

The State of Food and Agriculture 2024 was prepared by a multidisciplinary team from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the direction of David Laborde, Director of the Agrifood Economics and Policy Division, and Andrea Cattaneo, Senior Economist and Editor of the publication. Overall guidance was provided by Máximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, and by the management team of the Economic and Social Development stream.

RESEARCH AND WRITING TEAM
Aslihan Arslan, Theresa McMenomy, Elisa Ranuzzi, Ahmad Sadiddin and Miguel Benitez Humanes.

BACKGROUND PAPERS
Annet Adong (University of Bonn), Ricardo Arguello (independent consultant), Miguel Benitez Humanes (FAO), John Chavarro Diaz (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana [Pontifical Javierian University]), Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu (University of Bonn), Wanderson Costa (National Institute for Space Research), Davide Cozza (Sustainable Development Solutions Network [SDSN]), Kevin De Luca (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture [FiBL]), Yonas Getaneh (Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture), Alexandre Köberle (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research [PIK]), Lukas Kornher (University of Bonn), Steven Lord (University of Oxford), Aline Mosnier (SDSN), Adrian Mueller (FiBL), Javier Navarro (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [CSIRO]), Yirgalem Nigussie (Policy Studies Institute), Fernando Orduña-Cabrera (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [IIASA]), Vartika Singh (PIK), Alison Smith (University of Oxford), Frank Sperling (CSIRO) and Yiorgos Vittis (IIASA).

ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Harold Alderman (International Food Policy Research Institute [IFPRI]), Phil Baker (Deakin University), Mauricio Bellon (Arizona State University), Camila Corvalán (University of Chile), Felipe Dizon (World Bank), Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Susan Horton (University of Waterloo), Milagros de Hoz (New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy), Salman Hussain (United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP]), Becca B.R. Jablonski (Colorado State University), Thijs de Lange (Wageningen University & Research), Roger Mathisen (Alive & Thrive), Kathleen Merrigan (Arizona State University), Alexander Mueller (TMG Research gGmbH), Tuan Nguyen (Alive & Thrive), Suzanne Palmieri (Arizona State University), Olivia Riemer (TMG Research gGmbH), Tia Schwab (New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy), Kyoko Shibata Okamura (World Bank), Julie P. Smith (Australian National University) and Marco Springmann (University of Oxford).

ADDITIONAL FAO INPUTS
Alessandro Albani, Jorge Armijos, Maria Belen Herrera, Federico Drogo, Serena Fortuna, Patrizia Fracassi, Michelle Gaffey, Yonca Gurbuzer, Giles Hanley-Cook, Adriana Ignaciuk, Annarita Macchioni Giaquinto, Erdgin Mane, Lynnette Neufeld, Bernardete Neves, Natalia Piedrahita, Carla Ramirez and Naoko Takahashi.

FAO ADVISORY GROUP
Astrid Agostini, Koffi Amegbeto, Sandra Caprile, Diana Carter, Federico Drogo, Aziz Elbehri, Serena Fortuna, Daniela Godoy, May Hani, Joanna Ilicic, David Laborde, Erdgin Mane, Bernardete Neves, Victor Prada, Marco Sanchez Cantillo, Naoko Takahashi, Francesco Tubiello, Tamas Vattai, Fleur Wouterse and Dmitry Zvyagintsev.

PANEL OF EXTERNAL EXPERTS
Reinier de Adelhart Toorop (Impact Institute), Annet Adong (University of Bonn), Abed Al Kareem Yehya (American University of Beirut [AUB]), Harold Alderman (IFPRI), Lauren Baker (Global Alliance for the Future of Food [GAFF]), Anna Beerli (Federal Office for Agriculture [FOAG]), Muhammad Bilal (Westminster International University in Tashkent [WIUT]), Joao Campari (World Wide Fund for Nature), Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu (University of Bonn), Tim Crosby (Thread Fund), Kevin De Luca (FiBL), Angelina Frankowska (European Commission), Salome Gelashvili (International School of Economics at TSU [Tbilisi State University]), Ghinwa Harik (American University of Beirut [AUB]), Sue Horton (University of Waterloo), Salman Hussain (UNEP), Amanda Jekums (Global Alliance for the Future of Food), Alwin Kopse (FOAG), Lukas Kornher (University of Bonn), Steven Lord (University of Oxford), William Masters (Tufts University), Kathleen Merrigan (Arizona State University), Aline Mosnier (SDSN), Alexander Mueller (TMG Research gGmbH), Adrian Muller (FiBL), Raghav Puri (University of Cornell), Nilufar Rashitova (WIUT), Martin Reesink (Rabobank), Olivia Riemer (TMG Research gGmbH), Saskia Sanders (FOAG), Harpinder Sandhu (Federation University), Marta Santamaria (Capitals Coalition), Marco Springmann (University of Oxford), Roy Steiner (Rockefeller Foundation), Akhtem Useinov (WIUT), Claire van den Broek (Impact Institute), Bart van Veen (Impact Institute), Martine van Weelden (Capitals Coalition), Marcel Vernooij (IDH – Sustainable Trade Initiative), Jenn Yates (True Cost Accounting Accelerator), Yiorgos Vittis (IIASA) and Rami Zurayk (AUB).

ANNEXES
The annexes were prepared by Aslihan Arslan, Theresa McMenomy and Elisa Ranuzzi with assistance from Steven Lord (University of Oxford).

PRODUCTION SUPPORT
Poilin Breathnach (consulting editor), Alejandra Jimenez Tabares, Sara Vaz and Daniela Verona.

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The Publications and Library Branch of the FAO Office of Communications provided editorial support, design and layout, as well as production coordination, for editions in all six official languages.

This flagship publication is part of The State of the World series of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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FAO. 2024. The State of Food and Agriculture 2024 – Value-driven transformation of agrifood systems. Rome.
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