Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a
continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce …

Strategic planning for global agricultural R&D is hampered by a lack of comparable data on
target populations. Surprisingly, even the global number of crop-specific farms are …

Numerous attempts have been made to estimate the share of the world's food produced by
family farms and by farms of different sizes. This paper updates estimates of the number of …

Improving agricultural green total factor productivity (AGTFP) is essential to China's
agricultural sustainable development. Although several studies have focused on China's …

Numerous sources provide evidence of trends and patterns in average farm size and
farmland distribution worldwide, but they often lack documentation, are in some cases out of …

Smallholder farming is the most prevalent form of agriculture in the world, supports many of
the planet's most vulnerable populations, and coexists with some of its most diverse and …

Summary 2014 was the United Nations' International Year of Family Farming, yet the
importance of family farming for global food security is still surprisingly poorly documented …

Producing enough food to meet the needs of a growing population has always been the
greatest concern of food policy-makers around the world. Given the increasing attention to …

Background Information about the global structure of agriculture and nutrient production and
its diversity is essential to improve present understanding of national food production …

Despite progress, multiple burdens of malnutrition persist worldwide: 795 million people are
hungry more than 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies and over 2 billion …