Division International Agricultural Policy

With less resource consumption and less environmental damage, more and more people around the world need to be fed - how can future agriculture create the squaring of the circle?

Recent articles

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How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger

The G20 has long vowed to combat global hunger, but concrete results remain scarce. South Africa’s presidency provides an opportunity to gain international support for proven solutions that strengthen local food systems and promote sustainable livelihoods.

Raj Patel, Refiloe Joala

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Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.

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What’s Eating Europe’s Food System?

The farmers' protests in many European countries in early 2024 revealed the frustration of many farmers. Food prices are a key issue here since producers rarely benefit from the rise in consumer prices. Politicians are urged to create fair framework conditions.

Elmar Hannen, Martin Häusling

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Main Topics

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Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

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Soil Atlas 2024

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Peatland Atlas 2023

Red tomato with golden yellow world map on the surface, green panicle at the top, brush with yellow liquid on the left (Pesticide Atlas 2022)

Pesticide Atlas 2022

Meat Atlas

Recordings Livestreams

Soil Atlas 2024
This webinar, taking place during the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), will emphasize concrete experiences with soil restoration from different continents. It will also address the necessary framework conditions for soil restoration such as land rights.

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Welcome remarks

Anna Lappé, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Presentation of the Soil Atlas 2024

Larissa Stiem-Bhatia, Programme Lead – Nature-Based Solutions at TMG Thinktank for Sustainability

Panel Discussion

Rosinah Mbenya, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Kenya
Mino Ramaroson, Regional Coordinator Africa, Huairou Commission on women’s land rights in Africa
Vijay Kumar Thallam, advisor on agriculture and cooperation to the state Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
Victor Castillo, Full Research Professor at the Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Spanish National Research Agency (CSIC)

Publications

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Meat Atlas 2021

Atlas

The Meat Atlas provides data and facts about animals as food in 19 chapters and 51 infographics.

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Pesticide Atlas 2022

Atlas

The Pesticide Atlas presents data and facts in 19 chapters on past and current developments, interrelationships, and consequences of the global trade and use of pesticides in agriculture.

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Peatland Atlas 2023

Atlas

The Peatland Atlas highlights the consequences of the destruction of these unique habitats and shows the opportunities that wet moors and their use offer society, encouraging all stakeholders to take action – “Moors must be wet!”

Bodenatlas 2024 Cover

Soil Atlas 2024

Atlas

The Soil Atlas presents data and facts about the importance and condition of land, soils, and arable land. In numerous graphics and text contributions, it provides an up-to-date insight into the condition and threats to the soils on which we depend.

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Team

Inka Dewitz

Senior Programme Officer International Food Policy

Lena Luig

Head of International Agricultural Policy Division

Hagen Döcke

Administrative Officer International Agricultural Policy Division

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