New FAO statistical report

New FAOSTAT data release

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domains focus on indicators related to employment in agriculture and in rural areas. The data provides information on the status in employment, divisions of agriculture and hours worked of the people employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing and in rural a...

Pesticides are a key agricultural input needed to protect seeds and safeguard crops from unwanted plants, insects, bacteria, fungi and rodents. At the same time, pesticides can have negative health and environmental impacts through contamination of soil, water and non-target plants and animals...

Land use statistics describe the ways in which land is utilized and managed by humans and allocated for different purposes, including through administrative arrangements. FAO collects annual land use data from countries via a standard land use, irrigation and agricultural practices questionnaire,...

New FAOSTAT data release

Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019

New FAOSTAT data release

Production growth to slow in step with population, while geopolitical tensions, climate change, animal and plant diseases and price volatility pose long-term uncertainty

New report points to likely production increases across most basic foodstuffs, but delicate demand-supply balances allow little room for more disruptions

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for enhanced statistical capacities, innovative tools and funding to produce, access and use more and better data for policy-making.

New FAO Statistics Working Paper

Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali and the Sudan have been elevated to the highest alert level to join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

FAO’s Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Information System monitors the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods

FAO Food Price Index increases, amid higher international quotations for sugar, meat and rice, while prices for wheat, maize, dairy products and vegetable oils decline

Weather reversal pattern points to higher drought risks in southern Africa and Central America and Far East Asia