World food and agriculture in review

This is a period of grave concern for the fate of the world’s hundreds of millions of poor and hungry people. When the 2008 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture (FAO, 2008b) was being prepared, the world’s attention was focused on the global food crisis as rapidly rising prices of staple foods posed major threats to global food security. At the G8 Summit in Japan in July 2008, the leaders of the world’s most industrialized nations voiced their deep concern “that the steep rise in global food prices, coupled with availability problems in a number of developing countries, is threatening global food security”. The devastating effects of high food prices compounded an already worrisome trend of rising numbers of undernourished people throughout the world.

Sustainable Development Goals:

No Poverty

Responsible Consumption and Production

Decent Work and Economic Growth