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UN Statistical Commission approves the creation of standalone food security and nutrition domain

Decision provides stronger basis for FAO, UNICEF, WHO and their members to intensify their work on producing and using harmonized data.

FAO launches new portal for statistics on Food and Diet

New FAOSTAT domain focuses on statistics from dietary data

New research urges data-driven action for agriculture and food systems change

The data shows urgent need for improvement, as well as the potential for shared learnings  

Just released! The food systems countdown report 2023

The state of food systems worldwide

CFS member countries endorse policy recommendations that promote the use of data to guide food security and nutrition decision-making.

On October 24th, during the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 51st Session, member countries have endorsed the CFS policy recommendations on strengthening food...

FAO presents the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) during AFCAS 28, calling upon member countries to support its implementation in Africa

During the 28th session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS), the FAO Statistics Division presented the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), a...

FAO’s Statistical Yearbook 2023 goes live, highlights the impact of disasters on agriculture and cost of healthy diets

The annual data compilation offers insights to current global trends in food and agriculture

First-ever global estimation of the impact of disasters on agriculture

New FAO report shows that about $3.8 trillion worth of crops and livestock production has been lost over the last 30 years  

Multiple shocks keep pushing world further away from development targets

Worrying FAO report provides food for thought to world leaders ahead of upcoming UN SDG summit in New York  

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