Agricultural land under genetically modified and conventional crops (1996-2000)

keeping scale in perspective

Source: IAASTD Figures of the Global Summary for Decision Makers of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (2008)

Agriculture & Development

From biomass to energy consumption

Biotechnology & modern biotechnology defined

Major genetically modified crops production countries, 2006

Agricultural land under genetically modified and conventional crops (1996-2000)

Multiple stressors in small-scale agriculture

Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land use

Projected impact of climate change

Infectious animal diseases: legislation & burden

Global soil degradation

Agricultural water withdrawals

Changes in available water in Africa

Global cereal & meat production and fertilizer use (1960 - 2000)

A wheat field

Biotechnologies are already widely used in agriculture

A multifunctional perspective of agriculture

50 million climate refugees by 2010

Top 10 global food retailers

Public and private agricultural R&D spending by region, 2000

Monsanto Corpopration global vegetable seed market share

The Andean Cosmovision

Trends in real commodity prices

Local market in Pisar, Peru

Developing country agricultural exports

Cost of coffee from farm gate in Uganda to coffee shop in UK

Market Concentration

Price changes of selected retail foodstuffs between 1980 and 2000

Percentage of retail value paid to primary producer

Counting women's labor

Women quantify lack of control over work resources

Women in agriculture in selected African countries

Counting female-headed households

Natural resources need to be used sustainably

Agricultural sustainability means maintaining productivity while protecting the natural resource base

Multifunctionality

Footnotes