On average, #women make up about 43%of the agricultural #LabourForce in #DevelopingCountries. Evidence indicates that if these women had...

Almost a quarter of #FarmOperations are run by a principal operator who is under 55 years old. The principal operator is the person most...

One source of food waste arises from consumers or retailers throwing away wholesome food because of confusion about the meaning of dates...

Food waste is the single largest category of #material (by weight) #deposited in #USA#MunicipalLandfills, where it emits...

In 2021, #Guatemala, (31.05%), and #CentralCalifornia, (24.13%), #contributed more than 50% of the U.S. cantaloupe volume. Guatemala...

In #EIn #Ethiopia and #Nigeria, two countries in which data were available from the early months of the pandemic, the rate of moderate...

U.S. Bell Peppers volume grew by 12% between 2020 and 2021 for a total of 2.0 billion pounds. This is among the highest growth for Bell...

Small farms, which account for about 90% of the world’s 570 million farms, are particularly vulnerable to changes in seasonal climate....

In 2020, #U.S. farms sold almost $10.7 billion of edible food commodities directly to consumer outlets and intermediary supply chains...

Commercially, #US#watermelons are mostly #produced in southern States with harvest occurring during the late #spring and #summer months....

#GlobalExports of #avocado rose by an estimated 11% in 2021, to approximately 2.5 million #tonnes, on account of strong #supplies from...

In 2020, U.S. agricultural exports supported the equivalent of more than 1.13 million jobs on and off the #farm. With U.S. agricultural...

The number of #people affected by #hunger#globally#increased in #2021, an increase of about 46 million since #2020 and 150 million since...

#Retailprices for one-pound quantities of all #ingredients were higher in #May2022 compared with #May2021. #GroundBeef prices increased...

Over the last 30 years, U.S. honey production has declined by around 1.4% per year while honey imports have grown by 7.6% per year,...

At $141 per #acre, the #AverageRate to #rent#cropland in the #US in #2021 was $2 higher than in #2020. The average rate per acre for...

#GlobalPapayaProduction is #projected to rise by 2.5% p.a., to 18 Mt in #2030. #Asia’s share of #WorldProduction is set to rise to 60% by...

In 2014, 190,000 #DataPoints were #produced per #farm, per DAY, and #experts#predict that by 2050 each #farm will #produce around 4.1...

As part of the IV CEO #SummitoftheAmericas taking place June 7-9 in #LosAngeles, #USDepartmentOfCommerce , #WashingtonInternationalTradeA...

#Asia had the largest share of the global cropland area in 2019 38%, followed by the #Americas 24%, #Europe 19%, #Africa 18% and #Oceania...