Responsible investment in agriculture and food systems is essential for enhancing food security and nutrition and supporting the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security. Responsible investment makes a significant contribution to enhancing sustainable livelihoods, in particular for smallholders, and members of marginalized and vulnerable groups, creating decent work for all agricultural and food workers, eradicating poverty, fostering social and gender equality, eliminating the...

The GIEWS Updates are issued by FAO’s Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) from mid-2004. The updates focus on developing anomalous conditions aimed at providing early warnings, as well as latest and more elaborate information than other GIEWS regular reports on the food security situation of countries, at both national and sub-national levels.

À la demande du Gouvernement de la République Centrafricaine une mission conjointe FAO/PAM a visité le pays du 10 août au 13 septembre 2014 pour estimer le niveau des récoltes et évaluer la situation alimentaire générale. En plus du personnel de la FAO et du PAM, les équipes de terrain comprenaient des représentants du Ministère du Développement Rural, l’Institut Centrafricain des Statistiques et d’Etudes Economiques et Sociales, et 7 ONG...

La Mission s'est rendue à Madagascar du 18 juin au 17 juillet 2014; elle a tout d'abord rencontré des représentants d'un certain nombre de ministères et d'institutions dans le pays, parmi lesquels le ministère de l'Agriculture, l'Institut national de la statistique (INSTAT), le ministère du Commerce, la Direction des douanes, l'Observatoire du riz (OdR), la Banque africaine de développement, l'Union européenne (UE), l'Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international (USAID)...

The forecast for global cereal production in 2014 has been raised closer to last year’s record, which is expected to boost inventories to a multi-year high. Export prices of wheat and maize decreased further in September to multiyear lows, driven by expectations of large global supplies in 2014/15. Even rice prices, which had been rising in previous months, fell in September.

Food Outlook is published by the Trade and Market Division of FAO under Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). It is a biannual publication focusing on developments affecting global food and feed markets. Each report provides comprehensive assessments and short term forecasts for production, utilization, trade, stocks and prices on a commodity by commodity basis and includes feature articles on topical issues. Food Outlook maintains a close synergy with...