26 November 2020 - Composite Picture from Left: FAO Director-General QU Dongyu; Mohamed Ait Kadi President of the General Council of Agricultural Development; David Zilberman economist, professor and Robinson Chair in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Virtual Launch of The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020 , Overcoming water challenges in agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released the "State of Food and Agriculture 2020", a flagship report that this year focuses on water scarcity and water stress around the world.