Where is world agriculture heading? Trends and challenges

Csáki, Csaba

Keywords: global agricultural development, trends, challenges

Global agricultural markets have undergone several changes during recent decades. The most important trends at present are the growing global agricultural production, the increasing income and consumption, and the expanding international agricultural trade with significant regional and country differences. Currently, the biggest challenges are increasing price volatility, global food security, increasing starvation and permanent rural poverty together with the increasing urban-rural income gap and climate change. In order to meet these challenges, increased international cooperation, agricultural and the associated institutional development, rural job creation, support of agricultural research, integrated territorial and rural development strategies as well as global preparation for climate change are needed.

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