Highlights archive

Land statistics and indicators (2000–2021). Global, regional and country trends

13/07/2023

New FAOSTAT data release

Development flows to agriculture (2012–2021). Global and regional trends

12/07/2023

New FAOSTAT data release

122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report

12/07/2023

Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019

Inorganic fertilizers (2000–2021)

11/07/2023

New FAOSTAT data release

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

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)