Agriculture and fisheries
2022: A Year in Review
What a year for agriculture at the OECD! A year of crisis, a year of diplomacy, but above all a year of breakthroughs on the complex agendas of sustainability in agriculture and in fisheries.
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Heads of OECD and FAO emphasise the importance of peace and transforming agrifood systems for guaranteeing access to food for the world’s poorest
28 June 2022
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Support to agriculture has risen in response to global crises, while reforms to combat climate change and market distortions remain essential
23 June 2022
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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook presents production, consumption, trade and price trends for the coming decade
- Global agri-food systems need to transform to reach SDGs by 2030
5 July 2021
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Government support to agriculture is low on innovation, high on distortions
22 June 2021
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Water: Key to Food Systems Sustainability
22 March 2021
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Understanding the global food system
How we feed the world today
The global food system continues to respond to the needs of a growing and more affluent world population. Learn how we got here.
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What governments are doing
Government policies and interventions play a major role in shaping food and agriculture markets, but policies are not always well aligned to evolving objectives.
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Opportunities and threats to food systems
Resource depletion and climate change pose major challenges to the global food system, but there are opportunities for policy to help address these challenges.
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What is the future of food and farming?
How the global food, agriculture and fisheries system evolves in coming decades will depend on targeted measures to ensure that no one is left behind.
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