Highlights archive
Benchmark for world food prices was broadly steady in October
04/11/2022
International quotations of food commodity groups covered by FAO Food Price Index all declined, except for cereals
Greenhouse gas emissions from agrifood systems (Global, regional and country trends, 2000–2020)
04/11/2022
Emissions from agri-food systems are those generated by farm production activities (crops and livestock), land use change and pre- and post-production processes. Emissions generated in agri-food systems beyond the farm gate have recently started to be quantified in an effort to facil...
New FAO dashboard to access updated data on livestock and greenhouse gas emissions
18/10/2022
The GLEAM Dashboard is an interactive web platform to visualize and analyze livestock emissions with a high level of detail. It is a useful tool for livestock stakeholders as well as the general public, to better understand the sector’s impact and to make informed decisions regarding li...
FAO Food Price Index drops for the sixth consecutive month
07/10/2022
Prices of vegetable oils lead the decline in September
Yearly data released in the new dissemination system of AQUASTAT
04/10/2022
AQUASTAT, FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, just released a new dissemination system that provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country and by year since 1960.
Food crisis tightens its grip on 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ as famine looms in the Horn of Africa – new report
22/09/2022
Rising conflict, weather extremes, and economic instability aggravated by the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are among the key drivers
Development flows to agriculture (2011–2020) Global and regional trends
22/09/2022
New FAOSTAT data release
New FAO report paints a bleak picture of SDG achievements
19/09/2022
As the world faces multiple crises dominated by new conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, economic shocks and growing inequalities, development has been halted or even reversed across several domains, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
World food commodity prices dip for fifth month in a row in August
05/09/2022
FAO Food Price Index dips by 1.9 percent while new FAO forecasts point to lower global cereals output in 2022
Did you know? FAO provides a wide range of information on prices
05/09/2022
FAO’s statistical and market outlook work is key to help monitor, analyse, and disseminate food price data along the food supply chain, from producers to consumers, through both domestic and international markets.
Global food commodity prices decline in July
05/08/2022
Vegetable oils and cereals lead FAO Food Price Index lower
Land use statistics and indicators. Global, regional and country trends (2000–2020)
05/08/2022
New FAOSTAT data release
Pesticides use, pesticides trade and pesticides indicators. Global, regional and country trends, 1990–2020
05/08/2022
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. The data in FAOSTAT have been updated with figures through 2020. Statistics of pe...
Ninth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS IX), 17-19 May 2023
05/08/2022
Call for papers now open!
Inorganic fertilizers (1990–2020)
05/08/2022
FAOSTAT provides statistics at country, regional and global levels on the production, trade and agricultural use of inorganic fertilizers. These FAOSTAT domains are updated annually. The latest update provides estimates of agricultural use of inorganic fertilizers from 1961 to 2020, bot...
Land statistics and indicators (2000–2020). Global, regional and country trends
15/07/2022
New FAOSTAT data release
