News
FAO Director-General kicks off International Mountain Day
Youth are driving the world’s climate agenda and can help on all fronts, including bolstering mountain ecosystems, FAO Director-General QU...
Story
Keeping Montenegro’s flavours alive
Mountain people reap the benefits of agro-tourism and their culinary traditions.
Digital Report
Hidden in plain sight
Why are drylands so important? Read the first global assessment report.
Story
Academics advance the right to food
Pioneering scholars in Spain help FAO make the case for parliamentary actions to make the right to adequate and healthy...
Highlights
News
The clock ticks for ending hunger in Asia and the Pacific
Three million undernourished people in the region need to be lifted out of hunger every single month until the end of 2030 to achieve...
Event
FAO at COP 25
Climate change threatens our ability to feed a growing population. Learn more about FAO's agenda at COP 25 in Madrid (2-13 December).
Audio
Learn about the life of smallholder farmers in Montenegro’s mountains
Historic shelters used by nomadic herders are revived as an attraction for tourists interested in nature.
Video
GI labels give a new punch to Montenegro’s local foods
FAO helps local communities leverage Geographic Indication labels to add value to their cured meats and cheeses.
Director-General
From the DG
Spain and FAO eye more collaboration on rural development
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and FAO Director-General both stress important role of women and youth in agriculture and the potential of digital technologies to improve smallholders’ livelihoods.
Data
FAOSTAT
Food and agriculture data
SDG Indicators
FAO’s Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Portal
AMIS
Agricultural Market Information System
FAM
Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalogue
FishStat
Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics
AQUASTAT
FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
FPMA
Food Price Monitoring and Analysis
DAD-IS
Domestic Animal Diversity Information System
WIEWS
World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
FAO/WHO GIFT
FAO/WHO Global Individual Food consumption data Tool
AIDmonitor
Official Development Assistance
INFOODS
International Network of Food Data Systems
Food Loss and Waste Database
Take an in-depth look at what food is being lost and wasted, and where
GLRD
Gender and Land Rights Database
RuLIS
Rural Livelihoods Information System
FRA
Global Forest Resources Assessments
Publications
The Global Economy of Pulses
New FAO publication explores the potential of protein-rich edible dry seeds and their unique agronomic and nutritional profiles.
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