Title of document: Agriculture at a Crossroads “IAASTD findings and recommendations for future farming”

Authors: Angelika Beck, Benedikt Haerlin and Lea Richter

Journal’s name if any:

Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Agriculture at a Crossroads

Year of publication: 2016

Geographic focus: Global level

Main issues / topics addressed (for example: hunger and health, meat and animal feed, industrial and small-scale farming, agroecology, climate and energy, soil fertility and land grabbing……)

School of agroecology (if any):

Web address to original document (if any): https://www.globalagriculture.org/fileadmin/files/weltagrarbericht/EnglishBrochure/BrochureIAASTD_en_web_small.pdf

Summary:

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.