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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


FAO releases a new data dissemination platform: FAO DATA EXPLORER Beta version
13/09/2023
The FAO Data Explorer is the corporate data dissemination platform of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 
FAO Food Price Index declines in August
08/09/2023

Strong supply conditions push international commodity quotations lower except for rice and sugar


Pulp and paper capacities, survey 2022–2024
15/08/2023
New FAO statistical report
New AQUASTAT Dissemination Platform now available!
01/08/2023

AQUASTAT collects and analyses data from around the world to support the sustainable use of water.

 
General and food consumer price indices inflation rates. March 2023 update
20/07/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
Employment indicators (2000–2021). July 2023 update
17/07/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
Pesticides use and trade (1990–2021)
14/07/2023
New FAOSTAT data release