Highlights archive
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-32 maps key output, consumption and trade trends
06/07/2023
Production growth to slow in step with population, while geopolitical tensions, climate change, animal and plant diseases and price volatility pose long-term uncertainty
FAO Food Outlook: Global output set for expansion, but declining imports by the most vulnerable countries are a cause for concern
15/06/2023
New report points to likely production increases across most basic foodstuffs, but delicate demand-supply balances allow little room for more disruptions
FAO at the International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS)
09/06/2023
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.
Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems Part VI: fluorinated gas emissions
01/06/2023
New FAO Statistics Working Paper
Hunger Hotspots
01/06/2023
FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, June 2023 to November 2023 outlook
Increasing risk of hunger set to spread in hotspot areas as the Sudan crisis spills over into subregion and el Niño looms - warns new UN report
29/05/2023
Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali and the Sudan have been elevated to the highest alert level to join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
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Greenhouse gas emissions from pre- and post agricultural production processes (1990–2020). Global, regional and country trends
18/05/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
Ground-breaking data platform plays key role in tackling acute food insecurity in food crises
09/05/2023
FAO’s Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Information System monitors the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods
The measure of world food prices rose in April for first time in a year
05/05/2023
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
Global Report on Food Crises: Number of people facing acute food insecurity rose to 258 million in 58 countries in 2022
03/05/2023
Economic shocks grew as driver of food crises; war in Ukraine contributed to acute food and nutrition insecurity
Threat of El Niño looms, FAO prepares anticipatory actions with Members and partners
27/04/2023
Weather reversal pattern points to higher drought risks in southern Africa and Central America and Far East Asia
Understanding and Quantifying Mountain Tourism
20/04/2023
New study jointly developed by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Gross domestic product and agriculture value added (2012–2021). Global and regional trends
14/04/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
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Benchmark for world food commodity prices fall in March for the twelfth month in a row
07/04/2023
FAO Food Price Index declined 2.1 percent from February and 20.5 percent from a year earlier
Almost half the world’s population lives in households linked to agrifood systems
03/04/2023
New FAO-led study finds that agrifood systems directly employ 1.23 billion people
UN report warns of accelerating food insecurity in the Arab region due to global crises
30/03/2023
2022 Overview highlights the need to focus on trade as an enabler to achieve food security and nutrition
New UN report focuses on food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, points way towards more affordable and sustainable diets
20/03/2023
The region as a whole is in a much better position than elsewhere in the world, but some developments need to be addressed to avoid setbacks.