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Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Africa 2023
07/12/2023

Amid global climate talks, joint report shows extent of hunger crisis and calls for urgent action


Leveraging data and statistics for agrifood systems transformation in Africa
06/12/2023

African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) opens in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Happening now | African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS), 28th Session
04/12/2023
Leveraging data & statistics for agri-food systems transformation in Africa
FAO’s Statistical Yearbook 2023 goes live, highlights the impact of disasters on agriculture and cost of healthy diets
29/11/2023
The annual data compilation offers insights to current global trends in food and agriculture
FAO Food Outlook predicts declining international trade in some basic foodstuffs
10/11/2023

Global food import bill to hit a new record high in 2023, with a reduction in import volumes for the most vulnerable countries


Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023
09/11/2023

43.2 million people suffer from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the region has higher levels of overweight and obesity than the global estimate

Agrifood systems and land-related emissions (Global, regional and country trends 2001–2021)
09/11/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
Two awards recognize FAO’s innovative use of geospatial technologies
08/11/2023

The WaPOR water-efficiency portal and a land-cover monitoring project in Lesotho both contribute to SDG monitoring


FAO Food Price Index dips in October
03/11/2023

International quotations for rice, wheat, palm oil and pig meat decline

FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: November 2023 to April 2024 outlook
31/10/2023

Hunger Hotspots

Sustainability by numbers. Forest products at FAO
28/10/2023
New FAO statistical report
Food balance sheets 2010–2021. Global, regional and country trends
27/10/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
A methodology for estimating disaster-induced crop and livestock losses at the global scale
24/10/2023

New FAO Statistics Working Pape

Fall armyworm: measuring damage and loss caused by a novel invasive pest as a guide to sustainable management
23/10/2023

New FAO Statistics Working Paper

 
Impact of the 2016/17 drought on Somali livestock keepers
23/10/2023

New FAO Statistics Working Paper

 
First-ever global estimation of the impact of disasters on agriculture
13/10/2023
New FAO report shows that about $3.8 trillion worth of crops and livestock production has been lost over the last 30 years
FAO broadens scope of innovative water monitoring tool to include the whole world
06/10/2023

Open-access WaPOR system uses geospatial data to track actual crop water consumption down to the field level

 
FAO Food Price Index unchanged in September
06/10/2023

Higher world maize and sugar prices offset by lower vegetable oil quotations

 
New Yearbook on Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics
20/09/2023

The FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics offers a synthesis of the major trends in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

 
Multiple shocks keep pushing world further away from development targets
15/09/2023

Worrying FAO report provides food for thought to world leaders ahead of upcoming UN SDG summit in New York