The Global food price monitor was issued by GIEWS from 2010 until the end of 2014, reporting on food price developments at world, regional and country level with focus on developing countries. From January 2015 this report was replaced by the Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Bulletin.

GIEWS, the Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture continuously monitors crop prospects and food security situation at global, regional, national and sub-national levels and warns of impending food difficulties and emergencies. Established in the wake of the world food crisis of the early 1970’s, GIEWS maintains a unique database on all aspects of food supply and demand for every country of the world. The System regularly...

The FAO/GIEWS Country Cereal Balance System (CCBS) is a database of annual supply and utilization balances for main cereals, covering all countries of the world. It has been maintained by FAO/GIEWS since 1980 and is updated on a continual basis. This statistical report, which is a subset of CCBS data, presents the current-year cereal supply and demand balances for all sub-Saharan African countries, highlighting cereal import and food aid requirements...

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)...