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Includes data series on area, yield and production of crops; on livestock numbers and products; and on population, land use, irrigation and farm machinery, for the years 1998-2000. It also gives total and per caput index numbers that highlight trends in food and agricultural production across all countries and continents for the years 1989-2000.

Contains food additive specifications monographs, analytical methods and other information, prepared at the sixty-eight meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 19 to 28 June 2007.

Highlights the potential of agriculture for enhanced provision of ecosystem services that are not usually compensated for by the market.

Includes basic texts on meat hygiene, animal feeding and antimicrobial resistance, including the code of hygienic practice for meat, the code of practice for good animal feeding, a glossary of terms and definitions.

This report reviews recent scientific information on nutrition and presents the recommendations of a consultation held in Rome in 1993. Key factors that may influence consumption, health, food production and processing, food marketing and nutrition education are discussed.