Agricultural Production - Our World in Data
WEBAgricultural production is not only fundamental to improving nutrition, but is also the main source of income for many. Increases in crop production are key to ending hunger, as well as economic and social development. Global crop production has changed dramatically in recent decades.
Environmental Impacts of Food Production - Our World in Data
WEBEnvironmental impacts are calculated based on life-cycle analyses that consider impacts across the supply chain, including land use change, on-farm emissions, the production of agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides, food processing, transport, packaging, and retail.
Why is improving agricultural productivity crucial to ending …
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Technology that allows for sustainable intensification of crop production and the reduction of meat consumption are two of the main ways to produce more food on less land. 11 We can achieve additional gains by reducing food waste and the use of biofuels.
Food Systems and Agriculture - MIT Climate Portal
WEBSep 14, 2020 · Food systems are the complex web of people and activities that make up the production, processing, transport, and consumption of food. The foundation of these systems is agriculture, the practice of growing crops, trees, and other plants and raising animals for food, fiber, and fuel.
USDA ERS - Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Agriculture, food, and related industries contributed roughly $1.530 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, a 5.6-percent share. The output of America’s farms contributed $203.5 billion of this sum—about 0.7 percent of U.S. GDP.
Feeding the future global population - Nature Communications
WEBJan 3, 2024 · Food production connects several of the 17 SDGs given its fundamental—and frequently opposing—impacts on human populations and the environment. Adequate food production to ensure food and...
Sustainable Food and Agriculture | Food and Agriculture …
WEBFood and agriculture production systems worldwide are facing unprecedented challenges from an increasing demand for food for a growing population, rising hunger and malnutrition, adverse climate change effects, overexploitation of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, and food loss and waste.
The State of Food & Agriculture 2021 - Food and Agriculture …
WEBThey involve a set of interlinked activities that encompass farming, processing, transporting, eating and more. Although often complex and international in scope, agrifood systems have three main components: 1. Primary production. 2. Food distribution through food supply chains and transport networks. 3. Household consumption.
Agriculture’s Transformation Is Key to Healthy People, Planet, and ...
WEBSep 22, 2021 · Agriculture and food production are key sources of employment and livelihoods for large numbers of people around the world, yet 3 billion people are unable to afford healthy diets, according to recent estimates.
Towards Sustainable Food Systems: How to feed, not deplete the …
WEBSep 28, 2023 · How can a food systems transition make a difference? With most of the world’s extremely poor living in rural areas and relying on agriculture to survive, efforts to transform global food...