Agriculture at a Crossroads IAASTD findings and recommendations for future farming

The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), commonly known as the World Agriculture Report. More than 400 scientists from all continents and a broad spectrum of disciplines worked together for four years with the aim of answering the following question: How can we reduce hunger and poverty, improve rural livelihoods and facilitate equitable, environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development through the generation of, access to, and use of agricultural knowledge, science and technology?€The brochure Agriculture at a Crossroads: IAASTD findings and recommendations for future farming€ presents the report’s main findings with updated facts and figures, charts and maps and the latest scientific insights. The brochure’s topics such as hunger and health, meat and animal feed, industrial and small-scale farming, agroecology, climate and energy, soil fertility and land grabbing.

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Title Agriculture at a Crossroads IAASTD findings and recommendations for future farming
Description The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), commonly known as the World Agriculture Report. More than 400 scientists from all continents and a broad spectrum of disciplines worked together for four years with the aim of answering the following question: How can we reduce hunger and poverty, improve rural livelihoods and facilitate equitable, environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development through the generation of, access to, and use of agricultural knowledge, science and technology?€The brochure Agriculture at a Crossroads: IAASTD findings and recommendations for future farming€ presents the report’s main findings with updated facts and figures, charts and maps and the latest scientific insights. The brochure’s topics such as hunger and health, meat and animal feed, industrial and small-scale farming, agroecology, climate and energy, soil fertility and land grabbing.
Agroecology Category
  • Input reduction and recycling
  • Soil health
  • Economy and income
  • Nutrition and diets
  • Sustainable food system
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate
  • Natural resources governance
  • Water management
  • Knowledge and values
Agroecology Keyword
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Soil fertility
  • Market access
  • Income
  • Food safety
  • Human health
  • Nutrient
  • Food security
  • Food processing
  • Biodiversity
  • Grassland
  • Adaptation to climate change
  • Climate change
  • Drought
  • Land rights
  • Water management
  • Local knowledge
  • Traditional knowledge
Contributing organisations Agriculture at a Crossroads
Author Angelika Beck, Benedikt Haerlin and Lea Richter
Year 2016
Type of document Brochure
Language English
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Country Global
Administrative Level 1
Administrative Level 2
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