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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.

 
FAO Food Price Index rebounds in July
04/08/2013

Falling international maize and sugar prices partly offset notable jumps in wheat and vegetable oil quotations

 
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

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domains focus on indicators related to employment in agriculture and in rural areas. The data provides information on the status in employment, divisions of agriculture and hours worked of the people employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing and in rural a...

Pesticides use and trade (1990–2021)
14/07/2023

Pesticides are a key agricultural input needed to protect seeds and safeguard crops from unwanted plants, insects, bacteria, fungi and rodents. At the same time, pesticides can have negative health and environmental impacts through contamination of soil, water and non-target plants and animals...

Land statistics and indicators (2000–2021). Global, regional and country trends
13/07/2023
Land use statistics describe the ways in which land is utilized and managed by humans and allocated for different purposes, including through administrative arrangements. FAO collects annual land use data from countries via a standard land use, irrigation and agricultural practices questionnaire,...
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


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.
FAO Food Price Index declines in May
06/10/2023

Significant drops in international quotations for wheat, maize, vegetable oils and cheese, while prices of rice, sugar and meat rise

 
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