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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Released ‘Statistical Yearbook 2024’ | Current Affairs | Vision IAS
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Released ‘Statistical Yearbook 2024’

Posted 20 Nov 2024

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‘Statistical Yearbook’ is a primary tool & indispensable reference for policymakers, researchers and analysts, to understand past, present and future paths of food and agriculture.

Key Observation                                                    

  • Agriculture’s share in global GDP: Stable at around 4% since 2000. 
  • Global workforce employed in agriculture: Declined from 40% (2000) to 26% (892 million in 2022. 
    • Agriculture is 2nd largest employment source after services sector. 
  • Global Hunger: Affected 9.1 % of world population in 2023, far above pre-COVID-19 pandemic level (7.5%).

Key Findings about India

  • Cropland area per capita (ha per capita): Decreased from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.12. 
  • Agriculture share in total GDP: Declined from 27.9% to 15.9% in 2022 against world average 4.3 & china’s 7.7%. 
  • Employment: India had largest number of people working in agriculture (226 million) in 2022 followed by china (170 million).
    • Share of women in agriculture increased from 32.2 % in 2000 to 36 % in 2022. 
  • Agriculture productionIndia is 2nd largest producer of sugar (19%) after Brazil & largest producer of milk (23 %) in 2022.
  • Other: 
    • India’s 6% area is under organic farming in 2022. It is 2ndlargest globally behind Australia (46%).
    • India (76 million ha) has largest equipped area for irrigation followed by China (75 million ha). 
  • Tags :
  • Agriculture
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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