Highlights archive

26/10/2021
On the road to Glasgow COP26, FAO Land and Water Division, as coordinator of the UN-Water Expert Group on Water Scarcity, is now releasing a new Brief on Water Use Efficiency (WUE) to advance climate goals through water-energy nexus lens, across all sectors, to ensure s...
22/10/2021
EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks
08/10/2021
World cereal production is expected to lag behind global consumption despite hitting an all-time high
07/10/2021
 Launch of the WMO-led report “2021 State of Climate Services: Water”
07/10/2021
Experts from FAO, John Hopkins University and GAIN seek rigorous metrics system in piece published by the Food Policy Journal
13/09/2021
Measuring the private sector’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
10/09/2021
New FAOSTAT data release
23/08/2021
Global status and acceleration needs for SDG indicator 6.4.1 (2021)
23/08/2021
Global status and acceleration needs for SDG indicator 6.4.2 (2021)
19/08/2021
Trees, forests and land use in drylands: the first global assessment
19/08/2021
The Tropical Fruits Market Review provides preliminary estimates for the 2020 market situation for the following major tropical fruits: Avocado, Mango, Papaya and Pineapple. Statistical tables related to imports and exports are also provided in the annex.
09/08/2021
This report presents the results of a food security assessment using FIES data collected via telephone for FAO in twenty food crisis countries. The surveys described in this report were conducted with the intention of providing the more accurate, timely, food insecurity assessments needed to info...
03/08/2021
New FAOSTAT data release
03/08/2021
Pesticides use in agriculture as an input and the agri-environmental indicator measuring use by cropland area serve to monitor the use of pesticides across the globe as well as at the regional and country levels. Statistics of pesticides trade are relevant for monitoring of sustainable agricultur...