Average #foodwaste (kg/capita/yr) by region 110 West Asia 108 Sub-Saharan Africa 90 South Europe 82 South-East Asia 81 Australia & New Zealand 74 North Europe 69 Latin America 69 North America 66 South Asia 65 West Europe 64 East Asia 61 East Europe (UN Environment Programme)

Share of women working in Agriculture #WomensDay -- South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa 👩‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍🌾 60% -- Rest of Asia & Pacific | North Africa 👩‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍🌾 30% -- Arab States 👩‍🌾👩‍🌾 20% -- East Europe Latin America & Caribbean 👩‍🌾 10% -- Rest of Europe | North America 👩‍🌾<5% -- (IFAD)

#FoodSystems & #ClimateChange Food systems are responsible for more than 1/3 of global anthropogenic #GHG emissions. (Nature Food | FAO Statistics )

Organic Area Farmland, World (million hectares) 2000: 14.9 2010: 35.7 2019: 72.2 (FiBL Statistics)

#PrecisionAg Global Market Size, Precision Agriculture 2020: € 2.7 billion 2025: € 3.6 billion (Berg Insight via Novus Light)

Global #FoodSecurity Million people facing hunger, worldwide: 2019: 650 2020: 768 Prevalence of undernourishment (% of global population): 2019: 8.4% 2020: 9.9% #SDG 2.1 #Hunger (FAO #SOFI2021 )

Global #FoodProduction & #Agriculture Greenhouse gas (GHG) #emissions: 17.318 billion metric tonnes of CO₂ / year. 57% animal-based food 🐮🐷🍗🧀🥩🥓 29% plant-based 🌽🍅🥗 14% other uses (biofuels & others) ⛽️ (Nature Food)

#FoodTech: #EdibleInsect Market Value (Global value, projected) $4.6 US billion - 2027 -CAGR of 26.5% from 2020 to 2027- (PitchBook | Meticulous Research®)

Refrigerated Warehouses, Capacity (million m³) Worldwide: 719 in 2020* _________ Top 3 countries : 156 🇺🇸 150 🇮🇳 131 🇨🇳 __________ *16.7% greater than the capacity reported in 2018. (GlobalColdChain)

#Organic farmland worldwide (Million hectares) 2000: 14.9 2010: 35.7 2019: 72.3 (IFOAM - Organics International | FiBL Statistics)

Top 15 Agricultural exporters (US $ Bn, 2019) $117.5 🇺🇸 USA $ 82.6 🇧🇷 BRA $ 64.8 🇳🇱 NLD $ 50.1 🇨🇳 CHN $ 49.9 🇩🇪 DEU $ 42.9 🇪🇸 ESP $ 41.1 🇨🇦 CAN $ 40.3 🇫🇷 FRA $ 40.2 🇦🇷 ARG $ 37.0 🇮🇳 IND $ 31.4 🇦🇺 AUS $ 31.1 🇮🇩 IDN $ 28.1 🇹🇭 THA $ 27.2 🇮🇹 ITA $ 26.3 🇲🇽 MEX (Chatham House)

#VerticalFarming Market Size (Worldwide, US $ Billion) $ 4.5 in 2020 $19.1 in 2027 (value projection) (Global Market Insights Inc)

Top 10 Universities, #Agriculture & #Forestry 🏫 World Rankings, 2021 1.🇳🇱 Wageningen U&R 2.🇺🇸 CA&ES, UC Davis 3.🇸🇪 @_SLU 4.🇫🇷 AgroParisTech International 5.🇺🇸 Cornell CALS 6.🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 7.🇨🇳 China Agricultural University 8.🇺🇸 UW–Madison CALS 9.🇺🇸 Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources 10.🇺🇸 MSU CANR (QS 2021 Rank | QS Top Universities)

Avocado consumption Per capita, 2019 (kg/person) -Selected regions & countries- 8.1 🇲🇽🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑 3.6 🇺🇸🥑🥑🥑🥑 2.5 🇨🇦🥑🥑 2.1 🇫🇷🥑🥑 1.5 🇬🇧🥑 1.5 🇪🇸🥑 1.2 🇪🇺🥑 1.0 🇩🇪🥑 0.4 🇮🇹🥑 (@Fruitrop | @cirad) (FreshPlaza | FreshPlaza ES )

#FoodSafety Most important food safety issues to consumers 29% Chemicals in food 26% Foodborne illness 12% Pesticides 9% GMOs 9% Food additives 7% Antibiotics 5% Allergens (Food Safety News)

#FoodLoss & #FoodWaste 🗑️ Globally: 14 % of food produced is lost between harvest & retail 17 % of total global food production is wasted 11 % in households 🏘️ 5 % in the food service 🍽️ 2 % percent in retail 🛒 #FLWDay | #SDGs #SDG12 (FAO)

Maize production, World Total area harvested (million hectares) 🌽 1961: 105.6 1970: 113.1 1980: 125.8 1990: 131 2000: 136.9 2010: 164 2019: 197.2 (FAO)

Top #Coffee Producing Countries Million 60Kg bags, 2020 ☕️ 63.4 🇧🇷 29.0 🇻🇳 14.3 🇨🇴 12.0 🇮🇩 7.3 🇪🇹 -- Top 5 = 75% of the World's total coffee production (Visual Capitalist)

Food Price Index 📊 Sep 2021 % change vs Aug/2021 | vs Sep /2020 #FoodPriceIndex: 1.2% | 32.8% 🧀🥛 Dairy: 1.5% | 15.2% 🌽🌾Cereals: 2% | 27.3% 🥩🍖 Meat: 0% | 26.3% 🌻 Veg. oil: 1.7% | 60% Sugar: 0.5% | 53.5% (FAO)

Top 10 Tomato Exporters 🍅 (1990-2020)