Andrea Cattaneo
@andrcatt.bsky.social
Engineer turned economist, working on agrifood systems & dabbling with geospatial analysis.
I lead FAO's State of Food and Agric. flagship report (SOFA). Formerly @IFPRI and @OECD
Interests: #RuralUrban #Resilience #FoodSystems #Geography
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I lead FAO's State of Food and Agric. flagship report (SOFA). Formerly @IFPRI and @OECD
Interests: #RuralUrban #Resilience #FoodSystems #Geography
Views my own
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Andrea Cattaneo
@andrcatt.bsky.social
· Jun 11
1/ 🚀Big Update❗❗
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
📢 New @FAO report finds that around 1.7 billion people live in areas where land degradation limits crop yields.
We can avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation with targeted policies and strengthened institutions. 🌱
👉 Interactive Story:
www.fao.org/interactive/...
#SOFA2025 #LandDegradation
We can avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation with targeted policies and strengthened institutions. 🌱
👉 Interactive Story:
www.fao.org/interactive/...
#SOFA2025 #LandDegradation
Addressing land degradation for a sustainable future
Did you know that nearly 1.7 billion people live in areas where land degradation is cutting crop yields and threatening food security? The #SOFA2025 interactive story looks at how we can address land ...
www.fao.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📢 New @FAO report finds that around 1.7 billion people live in areas where land degradation limits crop yields.
We can avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation with targeted policies and strengthened institutions. 🌱
👉 Interactive Story:
www.fao.org/interactive/...
#SOFA2025 #LandDegradation
We can avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation with targeted policies and strengthened institutions. 🌱
👉 Interactive Story:
www.fao.org/interactive/...
#SOFA2025 #LandDegradation
🌍✨ New Paper Out!
Learn how to analyze properties of any City-Region in the world with a click of your mouse.
openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/c...
Learn how to analyze properties of any City-Region in the world with a click of your mouse.
openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/c...
October 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🌍✨ New Paper Out!
Learn how to analyze properties of any City-Region in the world with a click of your mouse.
openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/c...
Learn how to analyze properties of any City-Region in the world with a click of your mouse.
openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/c...
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
“#Power is often absent from conversations about food systems.”— Olivier De Schutter, @ipes-food.org
These words resonated at our recent Global Convening on #FoodSystemsTransformation.
Explore more powerful quotes ⬇️
📩 Subscribe to hear more from the convening—coming soon: bit.ly/GA_subscribe
These words resonated at our recent Global Convening on #FoodSystemsTransformation.
Explore more powerful quotes ⬇️
📩 Subscribe to hear more from the convening—coming soon: bit.ly/GA_subscribe
June 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
“#Power is often absent from conversations about food systems.”— Olivier De Schutter, @ipes-food.org
These words resonated at our recent Global Convening on #FoodSystemsTransformation.
Explore more powerful quotes ⬇️
📩 Subscribe to hear more from the convening—coming soon: bit.ly/GA_subscribe
These words resonated at our recent Global Convening on #FoodSystemsTransformation.
Explore more powerful quotes ⬇️
📩 Subscribe to hear more from the convening—coming soon: bit.ly/GA_subscribe
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
Absolutely and totally sick
1/ 🚀Big Update❗❗
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
June 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Absolutely and totally sick
Thanks!
It is a great tool for PhD students because it helps leverage a novel geospatial dataset. We hope folks will find it helpful.
A week from the launch we have a lot of interest from international financial institutions.
It is a great tool for PhD students because it helps leverage a novel geospatial dataset. We hope folks will find it helpful.
A week from the launch we have a lot of interest from international financial institutions.
Impressive thread, great use of video -- paging #EconSky & #TeachEcon for both data and methods. Thank you Andrea!
June 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Thanks!
It is a great tool for PhD students because it helps leverage a novel geospatial dataset. We hope folks will find it helpful.
A week from the launch we have a lot of interest from international financial institutions.
It is a great tool for PhD students because it helps leverage a novel geospatial dataset. We hope folks will find it helpful.
A week from the launch we have a lot of interest from international financial institutions.
1/ 🚀Big Update❗❗
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
1/ 🚀Big Update❗❗
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
Last year we published @NatCities, a systematic analysis of how countries are organized around multiple urban centres. That geospatial dataset is very complex. So we just launched the City-Region Explorer🔎... an easy to use platform for analysis. 🧵
#EconSky #Geography #GISChat
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Our new paper shows how critical it is to use reliable data to achieve effective targeting and use of development resources: doi.org/10.1038/s414....
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
April 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our new paper shows how critical it is to use reliable data to achieve effective targeting and use of development resources: doi.org/10.1038/s414....
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
Want a cheap & sustainable healthy diet? New preprint confirms that less expensive options generally emit less GHGs. Main exception is animal source foods. The least emitting healthy diets cost ~$7/day and emit 0.7 kg CO2e, while actual choices cost ~$10 and emit 2.4 kg.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24457
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24457
June 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Want a cheap & sustainable healthy diet? New preprint confirms that less expensive options generally emit less GHGs. Main exception is animal source foods. The least emitting healthy diets cost ~$7/day and emit 0.7 kg CO2e, while actual choices cost ~$10 and emit 2.4 kg.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24457
arxiv.org/abs/2505.24457
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
I think the current state of social science research is pretty bad and I wrote something for @asteriskmag.bsky.social about it. asteriskmag.com/issues/10/ca...
May 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I think the current state of social science research is pretty bad and I wrote something for @asteriskmag.bsky.social about it. asteriskmag.com/issues/10/ca...
SAVE THE DATE❕❕ June 3rd📅
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May 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
SAVE THE DATE❕❕ June 3rd📅
Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Link to join: fao.zoom.us/s/9833663912...
Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Link to join: fao.zoom.us/s/9833663912...
This posting will close in two2️⃣days... ⏳
Please consider applying or distribute in your network.
This is a great job, working on major agrifood issues Topic changes yearly and you interact with world experts on a given theme. Our team also has a good publication record in peer-reviewed journals.
Please consider applying or distribute in your network.
This is a great job, working on major agrifood issues Topic changes yearly and you interact with world experts on a given theme. Our team also has a good publication record in peer-reviewed journals.
Deadline May 8th.
💢 Join FAO's State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Team 💢
Exciting opportunity! 👀
Ideal candidates combine strong analytical skills with expertise in agrifood systems and excellent communication abilities.
jobs.fao.org/careersectio...
💢 Join FAO's State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Team 💢
Exciting opportunity! 👀
Ideal candidates combine strong analytical skills with expertise in agrifood systems and excellent communication abilities.
jobs.fao.org/careersectio...
Economist
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
jobs.fao.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This posting will close in two2️⃣days... ⏳
Please consider applying or distribute in your network.
This is a great job, working on major agrifood issues Topic changes yearly and you interact with world experts on a given theme. Our team also has a good publication record in peer-reviewed journals.
Please consider applying or distribute in your network.
This is a great job, working on major agrifood issues Topic changes yearly and you interact with world experts on a given theme. Our team also has a good publication record in peer-reviewed journals.
Deadline May 8th.
💢 Join FAO's State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Team 💢
Exciting opportunity! 👀
Ideal candidates combine strong analytical skills with expertise in agrifood systems and excellent communication abilities.
jobs.fao.org/careersectio...
💢 Join FAO's State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Team 💢
Exciting opportunity! 👀
Ideal candidates combine strong analytical skills with expertise in agrifood systems and excellent communication abilities.
jobs.fao.org/careersectio...
Economist
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
jobs.fao.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Deadline May 8th.
💢 Join FAO's State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Team 💢
Exciting opportunity! 👀
Ideal candidates combine strong analytical skills with expertise in agrifood systems and excellent communication abilities.
jobs.fao.org/careersectio...
💢 Join FAO's State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Team 💢
Exciting opportunity! 👀
Ideal candidates combine strong analytical skills with expertise in agrifood systems and excellent communication abilities.
jobs.fao.org/careersectio...
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
@jennxer.bsky.social opens the True Cost Accounting Global Summit, hosted by @fao.org!
As Jenn said in her opening remarks:
"This is our moment to align, commit, and act. The future of food systems depends on it."
#TCAGlobalSummit2025 #scalingtca
As Jenn said in her opening remarks:
"This is our moment to align, commit, and act. The future of food systems depends on it."
#TCAGlobalSummit2025 #scalingtca
April 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
@jennxer.bsky.social opens the True Cost Accounting Global Summit, hosted by @fao.org!
As Jenn said in her opening remarks:
"This is our moment to align, commit, and act. The future of food systems depends on it."
#TCAGlobalSummit2025 #scalingtca
As Jenn said in her opening remarks:
"This is our moment to align, commit, and act. The future of food systems depends on it."
#TCAGlobalSummit2025 #scalingtca
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
New paper uses lowest-cost healthy diets in each country plus alternative definitions of other basic needs to measure the extent and depth of global poverty.
Great work from @jonasstl.bsky.social & coauthors @unigoettingen.bsky.social, much needed for #TeachEcon #EconSky & #FoodSky
Great work from @jonasstl.bsky.social & coauthors @unigoettingen.bsky.social, much needed for #TeachEcon #EconSky & #FoodSky
Global poverty and the cost of a healthy diet
Access to a healthy diet is a fundamental human need, yet a significant portion of the global population faces barriers to realizing it. Conventional …
www.sciencedirect.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New paper uses lowest-cost healthy diets in each country plus alternative definitions of other basic needs to measure the extent and depth of global poverty.
Great work from @jonasstl.bsky.social & coauthors @unigoettingen.bsky.social, much needed for #TeachEcon #EconSky & #FoodSky
Great work from @jonasstl.bsky.social & coauthors @unigoettingen.bsky.social, much needed for #TeachEcon #EconSky & #FoodSky
A real pity.
Farmers are not happy, and children will lose out on a healthier diet.
www.morningagclips.com/usda-cancels...
Farmers are not happy, and children will lose out on a healthier diet.
www.morningagclips.com/usda-cancels...
USDA Cancels Local Food Funding
The Iowa Farmers Union is deeply alarmed disappointed by the USDA’s sudden termination of state contracts for the 2025 Local Food funding
www.morningagclips.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A real pity.
Farmers are not happy, and children will lose out on a healthier diet.
www.morningagclips.com/usda-cancels...
Farmers are not happy, and children will lose out on a healthier diet.
www.morningagclips.com/usda-cancels...
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
The UN Statistical Commission #UN56SC has just formally adopted the Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) score as a global diet quality indicator.
Measurement is a first step for action, using #FoodPricesForNutrition and other data to lower costs, improve access, and provide healthy diets for all.
Measurement is a first step for action, using #FoodPricesForNutrition and other data to lower costs, improve access, and provide healthy diets for all.
New SDG indicator on Minimum Dietary Diversity adopted by UN Statistical Commission
FAO assumes joint custodianship of indicator seen as key to ending malnutrition
www.fao.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The UN Statistical Commission #UN56SC has just formally adopted the Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) score as a global diet quality indicator.
Measurement is a first step for action, using #FoodPricesForNutrition and other data to lower costs, improve access, and provide healthy diets for all.
Measurement is a first step for action, using #FoodPricesForNutrition and other data to lower costs, improve access, and provide healthy diets for all.
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
Happy to share this piece I wrote (with input from @ipes-food.org colleagues) as a counter to the recent call for more technological 'moonshots' to end hunger.
No amount of technology can ensure people are well fed - we need political will to tackle inequities
theconversation.com/only-politic...
No amount of technology can ensure people are well fed - we need political will to tackle inequities
theconversation.com/only-politic...
Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it
Massive political efforts are needed to tackle the root causes of hunger – conflict, poverty, inequality. Technology alone is not sufficient.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Happy to share this piece I wrote (with input from @ipes-food.org colleagues) as a counter to the recent call for more technological 'moonshots' to end hunger.
No amount of technology can ensure people are well fed - we need political will to tackle inequities
theconversation.com/only-politic...
No amount of technology can ensure people are well fed - we need political will to tackle inequities
theconversation.com/only-politic...
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
My thanks to Preet for leading this effort.
Great collaboration and happy to see this out!
Great collaboration and happy to see this out!
Our latest paper explores how #innovation and #technology can drive resilient & inclusive rural transformation. We identify 5 levers of change that are particularly important for traditional and transitional agri- #foodsystems prevalent in LMICs.
@andrcatt.bsky.social
@andrcatt.bsky.social
Innovation and technology for achieving resilient and inclusive rural transformation
This paper examines the shifts needed in the development, adoption and scaling of innovation and technology to achieve resilient and inclusive rural t…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My thanks to Preet for leading this effort.
Great collaboration and happy to see this out!
Great collaboration and happy to see this out!
As more people join Bluesky, I am updating my starter pack on food systems with a focus on research and policy...
go.bsky.app/LKK6nBq
go.bsky.app/LKK6nBq
January 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As more people join Bluesky, I am updating my starter pack on food systems with a focus on research and policy...
go.bsky.app/LKK6nBq
go.bsky.app/LKK6nBq
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
#Repurposing and #budget_optimization belong to an important agenda and governments need technical support to bring it down to implementation, to which @fao.org ao has paid attention. Thank you @iisd.bsky.social for helping raise awareness on this important issue.
Transforming agri-policies is crucial for lower-income nations, but optimizing tight budgets and public support remain challenges 💸 🤝
@fao.org’s Marco V. Sanchez highlights how repurposing agricultural support can drive transformation in these countries: iisd.org/articles/pol...
@fao.org’s Marco V. Sanchez highlights how repurposing agricultural support can drive transformation in these countries: iisd.org/articles/pol...
January 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#Repurposing and #budget_optimization belong to an important agenda and governments need technical support to bring it down to implementation, to which @fao.org ao has paid attention. Thank you @iisd.bsky.social for helping raise awareness on this important issue.
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
New Countdown Initiative paper which:
- Presents the first indicator monitoring update across 5 themes (more below)
- Provides an expert elicitation of interactions across indicators.
- Reviews literature & country case studies
Paper: tinyurl.com/CountdownMS
Website: tinyurl.com/countdownweb...
- Presents the first indicator monitoring update across 5 themes (more below)
- Provides an expert elicitation of interactions across indicators.
- Reviews literature & country case studies
Paper: tinyurl.com/CountdownMS
Website: tinyurl.com/countdownweb...
January 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New Countdown Initiative paper which:
- Presents the first indicator monitoring update across 5 themes (more below)
- Provides an expert elicitation of interactions across indicators.
- Reviews literature & country case studies
Paper: tinyurl.com/CountdownMS
Website: tinyurl.com/countdownweb...
- Presents the first indicator monitoring update across 5 themes (more below)
- Provides an expert elicitation of interactions across indicators.
- Reviews literature & country case studies
Paper: tinyurl.com/CountdownMS
Website: tinyurl.com/countdownweb...
Reposted by Andrea Cattaneo
New blog! To help non-specialists understand food policies, we created an AI-based chatbot. Users can ask questions about food policy in Bangladesh and get plain-language answers back, drawing on 28 policy documents.
Check out the blog explaining it here: www.gainhealth.org/media/news/c...
Check out the blog explaining it here: www.gainhealth.org/media/news/c...
Can AI Chatbots Help Demystify Food Policies?
Using OpenAI LLM (GPT-4o) and embedding models, GAIN developed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-based chatbot and connected it to a database of 28 publicly accessible food and nutrition policy d...
www.gainhealth.org
January 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
New blog! To help non-specialists understand food policies, we created an AI-based chatbot. Users can ask questions about food policy in Bangladesh and get plain-language answers back, drawing on 28 policy documents.
Check out the blog explaining it here: www.gainhealth.org/media/news/c...
Check out the blog explaining it here: www.gainhealth.org/media/news/c...