Recent global policy trends: biosecurity advancements, consumption supports, new tariff regimes

During January–⁠February 2026, FAPDA recorded 1 060 policy actions, covering 55 broad topics and 177 countries, territories and regional economic communities, reflecting government responses to address current emerging issues in...

From 17 to 18 February, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia and the FAO Ethiopia office, convened a two-day Global Roadmap workshop...

At the National Results Dissemination Workshop on the Integrated Roadmap for Sustainable Food Systems Transformation that took place on 11 February 2026 in Pakistan, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), provided new evidence on how...

A review of global policy trends in 2025

The ongoing priority for the policy intelligence efforts within the Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to provide key insights on...

Since its launch in October 2024, the Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool (EX-ACT) web application has seen remarkable spike in uptake. Designed to estimate emissions and carbon sequestration from agrifood investments and monitor greenhouse gases (GHG) targets over time,...

FAO has successfully completed the first-ever integration of the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) framework into the Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM) system in the West Bank – marking a major milestone for resilience and...

A revolutionary guide for modernizing agricultural data collection worldwide was officially launched today in Chengdu, China. The UN Handbook on Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics represents a monumental leap from its 2021 predecessor, evolving from...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Innovator of the Year – Runner-Up Award for its Earth Observation for Agricultural Statistics (EOSTAT) initiative during the 2025 Zimbabwe ICT Excellence...

A multistakeholder workshop on living income for smallholder farmers convened at FAO headquarters on October 24 brought together representatives of governments, private sector actors, development partners and civil society to discuss how the living income approach can drive...

Global policy trends: a focus on water and technology

During September–October 2025, FAPDA tracked 1 632 policy actions.  Among these, 686 were new policy decisions covering 50 broad topics and 166 countries, territories and regional economic communities, reflecting widespread government responses...