Who grows the most tea and coffee in the world — infographic
Two new Visual Capitalist infographics reveal where tea and coffee are grown worldwide—the crops behind billions of daily morning rituals.
Food Security
Europe's agriculture in crisis due to abnormally hot summer
All summer we watched abnormal heat stop reactors, dry up rivers, and burn forests across Europe. Now it's clear it's also hitting the continent's food system at its core—crops, milk yields, even poultry farms.
UN summit in Mongolia to allocate $12 billion for drought response
As the Northern Hemisphere swelters in record heat and wildfires rage across North America and Europe, UN desertification talks—once seen as the least prominent of the three Rio environmental conventions—have unexpectedly taken center stage.
How the global food market works — ranking of the 40 most valuable products
Fresh Visual Capitalist infographic ranks not countries but products — the 40 most valuable food commodities by gross production value in 2024.
Two dead in US from contaminated lettuce — does this threaten Kazakhstan?
US confirms largest-ever cyclosporiasis outbreak, a parasitic intestinal infection linked to a single batch of iceberg lettuce.
China produces more agricultural products than India, the US, and Brazil combined — global ranking based on FAO data
FAO released 2024 data on agricultural production value by country.
Half of England officially in drought zone — what does Kazakh grain have to do with it
While British farmers harvest unripe wheat and millions face water restrictions, drought at a major grain producer on the other end of Eurasia could boost demand for Kazakh wheat.