On September 23, 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the latest edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO 2020) report with the underlying theme of “Agricultural markets and sustainable development: Global value chains, smallholder farmers and digital innovations”.

SOCO 2020 discusses the trends and challenges in agricultural commodity markets focusing on the evolution of trade and markets, the emergence of global value chains in food and agriculture, the extent to which smallholder farmers in developing countries participate in value chains and markets, and the transformative impacts of digital technology on markets.

The full report is available at:

FAO. 2020. The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020. Agricultural markets and sustainable development: Global value chains, smallholder farmers and digital innovations. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb0665en

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)