Food security remains to be a major societal concern. In the light of the current expectations of population growth, world food production has to be massively increased to sustain the associated food demand rise. While agricultural productivity was rising during recent decades in the US, Europe...

The present report highlights the main characteristics of large-scale land transactions and the practical implications of the emerging agricultural holdings with respect to food security challenges at global and local level. The analysis makes a distinction of land deals and investors in three...

This report synthesises the findings from the workshop on "Sustainability and Production Costs in the Global Farming Sector: Comparative Analysis and Methodologies" organised jointly by the IPTS-JRC and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development in Brussels on 21-22 June 2011....

This report synthesises the findings from the workshop on "Sustainability and Production Costs in the Global Farming Sector: Comparative Analysis and Methodologies" organised jointly by the IPTS-JRC and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development in Brussels on 21-22 June 2011....

The interest related to agricultural sustainability in general, and farming systems in particular, gained recently in importance on the research agenda of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies of the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Within the...

In the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, great attention is paid to migration and to 'planned and well-managed migration policies' (SDG 10.7). To compare policies across time and space, indexes can be devised measuring and aggregating relevant indicators of these...

The Technical Working Group (TWG) for Potato is the fourth one of the European Coexistence Bureau (ECoB) and is established for elaboration of the coexistence issues between genetically modified (GM) potato cultivation and non-GM potato and honey production in the EU. The present technical...

The Technical Working Group (TWG) for Potato is the fourth one of the European Coexistence Bureau (ECoB) and is established for elaboration of the coexistence issues between genetically modified (GM) potato cultivation and non-GM potato and honey production in the EU. The present technical...

Mosquitoes and ticks can transmit viruses to humans. They can be either direct vectors without any intermediate host (as is the case for mosquitoes) or have an intermediate host (as is the case for ticks). In recent years, due to global temperature changes, two phenomena have been observed i)...

The INFORM Risk Index is a way to understand and measure the risk of humanitarian crises and disasters, and how the conditions that lead to them affect sustainable development. INFORM partners and other organisations continue to use INFORM products to support their prioritisation and...