This study employs a new method to fill the gaps of missing data points in order to provide sound total employment estimates in the forest sector on a global scale.
David Laborde, Director of the Agrifood Economics Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), talks about how good data in agriculture and food systems can play a role in reshaping food systems, and why this is important to all of us working towards food security.
Sustainable development prospects continue to diverge between developed and developing countries. The United Nations 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report finds that SDG financing needs are growing, but development financing is not keeping pace.
The potential benefits of digital agriculture are prolific. However, farm data is generally collected by others, and smallholder farmers rely on external resources, like weather data, and proprietary tools that provide specific advisories. Farmers face a paradox: while the
Increasingly frequent and complex food crises are driving up the numbers of hungry and displaced people, compounding the urgent need to rethink crisis responses now. Drawing on recent experiences and research, the 2023 Global Food Policy Report highlights opportunities
The status of women in agrifood systems report uses extensive new data and analyses to provide a comprehensive picture of women’s participation, benefits, and challenges they face working in agrifood systems globally. Links
The Land Portal Foundation's 2022 Annual Report highlights the critical role of accessible land information and data in securing land rights and promoting social justice. Links The Land Portal
The latest issue of the AMIS Market Monitor is now available. Download for collective market data and assessments for wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans.
The report has been produced by the HLPE-FSN following a request from the CFS and focuses on the role that data collection and analysis tools play in supporting effective evidence-informed decisions. Links
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Please join us in welcoming Ireland to the Board of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development. Membership is through Irish Aid, held under Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and with Patrick McManus as their representative.
Meet our close partner Claire Melamed, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD). Claire sees a real opportunity this year to make a breakthrough, for governments and public and private organizations to produce and use data in a systematic and institutionalized way that can power progress at scale towards 2030.
Meet Elisenda Estruch Puertas, Rural Economy Specialist at the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the new Co-Chair of the Platform’s Rural Youth Employment Thematic Working Group. She shares her hopes and vision for her new role as Co-Chair of the group, and how she plans to contribute to ILO’s focus on employment, decent work, social dialogue, and social justice around the issues of rural youth.
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