Global cotton production is set to remain heavily concentrated among a handful of major producers in the 2025/26 season, with China, India and Brazil accounting for the bulk of output, according to projections from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and market data from Trading Economics.

"I love my food spicy" is a common phrase around the world, and there are different types of peppers that could help satisfy this desire.

From everyday kitchen staples to luxury culinary ingredients, spices remain one of the most globally traded agricultural commodities, quietly underpinning food systems, cultural exchange, and export revenues across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Pineapples may seem like a simple tropical fruit, but behind the sweet slices on supermarket shelves lies a highly concentrated global export market shaped by agribusiness power, logistics hubs, and shifting trade dynamics.

In homes across the world, families are facing the same question every day of how to eat well when food prices keep rising, and life keeps getting busier.

When you pick up a simple cotton T-shirt, you probably don’t think about water. But behind that soft, everyday fabric is surprisingly 2,700 litres of fresh water.

The world’s appetite for apples continues to grow, and at the centre of this fruity boom is China. According to a recent graphic showing the world’s largest apple producers, China alone is estimated to cultivate around 48 million metric tonnes of apples in 2024, by far the largest single-country output.

Global wheat consumption is climbing to record highs, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The 2024/25 season is expected to see both production and demand increase, led by strong harvests in Asia and Europe.

According to the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), global wheat production has reached a remarkable milestone this season.

In Southeast Asia, agriculture, forestry, and fishing remain foundational to national economies, contributing 8% to 16.6% of GDP in 2024, depending on the country, even as their shares have declined in recent years.

India has cemented its dominance as the world’s top banana producer, yielding 34.5 million tonnes in 2022, nearly triple that of China (12.1 mt) and far surpassing Indonesia (9.2 mt), Nigeria (8 mt), and Brazil (6.8 mt), according to FAO data.

From Chinese fried rice to Senegalese jollof, rice features in almost every dish around the globe. Despite it being a staple in many countries, rice consumption levels differ across countries.

The world is losing its forests at an alarming rate, and a striking new visualisation shows just how severe the problem has become. Laos now leads the globe in tree-cover loss, with 16.82% of its forests disappearing, followed by Sweden (11.76%) and Bolivia (11.00%).

Latin America stands as a titan in global agriculture for its rich variety of commodities like coffee, soybeans, and avocados, as well as its increasing embrace of high-tech farming.

Two of the planet's most powerful natural climate influencers, El Niño and La Niña, have shaped global weather patterns for over seven decades and triggered heatwaves, floods, droughts, and hurricanes.

Fresh water is one of Earth’s most essential and limited natural resources. Covering just 2.5% of the planet’s total water supply, freshwater is critical for drinking, agriculture, sanitation, industry, and sustaining ecosystems.

With a production scale of 2,529,581 tonnes per year, Mexico is the world's largest avocado producer, accounting for over 40% of global production.

Every Thanksgiving, millions of American families gather around tables to celebrate the holiday, with turkey as the centrepiece of the feast. Behind this cherished tradition lies a massive agricultural effort concentrated in a handful of states that dominate the nation’s turkey production.