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www.benisonmedia.com REPORT FINDINGS Think Grain Think Feed - Volume 11 | Issue 9 | July 2025

OECD-FAO: Key Trends Shaping

Middle-Income Nations

A new report, "OECD-FAO
Solution: The report
Agricultural Outlook 2025- · Productivity as a · Importance of Trade
and Cooperation:
2034," by the Food and emphasizes that Multilateral cooperation
Agriculture Organization of significant improvements and a rule-based
the United Nations (FAO) and in agricultural agricultural trade system
the Organisation for productivity are crucial to are critical for balancing
Economic Co-operation and simultaneously reduce food deficits and
Development (OECD) undernourishment and surpluses, stabilizing
highlights the need for agricultural GHG prices, and enhancing
increased agricultural emissions. A scenario food security and
productivity to address analysis suggests that a sustainability, as 22% of
undernourishment and 15% productivity all calories are projected
mitigate greenhouse gas improvement combined to cross international
(GHG) emissions globally. with investments in borders before
emissions-reduction
Key takeaways from the consumption.
technologies could
report include: · Cereal Production
eradicate global
· Rising Calorie Intake in Trends: Global cereal
undernourishment and
Middle-Income reduce direct agricultural production is projected to
Countries: Global per GHG emissions by 7%. grow at an average
capita calorie intake of annual rate of 1.1%,
· Challenges for
livestock and fish primarily due to yield
Smallholder Farmers:
products is expected to increases. By 2034, 40%
Projected downward
rise by 6% over the next of cereals will be for
pressure on real
decade, primarily driven direct human
agricultural commodity
by a 24% increase in consumption, 33% for
prices due to productivity
lower-middle-income animal feed, and the rest
improvements could pose
countries. This growth, for biofuels and industrial
challenges for
while positive for uses.
smallholder farmers.
nutrition, still leaves low- · Regional Shifts in
Governments are urged
income countries well to provide better market Consumption: India and
below healthy diet access and tailored Southeast Asian countries
benchmarks. support programs for are expected to account
· Increased Agricultural these vulnerable farmers. for a larger share of
Production and · The Role of Technology global consumption
Emissions: Global and Practices: growth by 2034 (39%),
agricultural and fish Widespread adoption of while China's share is
commodity production is currently available projected to decrease.
projected to expand by emissions-reducing · Declining Fat and
about 14% by 2034, technologies (precision Sweetener Consumption
largely due to farming, livestock feed in High-Income
productivity gains in enhancements, improved Countries: Per capita
middle-income countries. nutrient and water consumption of fats and
However, this expansion, management) and sweeteners in high-
involving larger animal scalable low-cost income countries is
herds and cropland areas, practices (crop rotations, projected to decline due
will lead to a 6% increase intercropping) are to shifting preferences,
in direct agricultural GHG essential to achieve these policy changes, and
emissions. objectives. health concerns.

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