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Measuring rural poverty with a multidimensional approach: The Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index
25/01/2022
The report jointly developed by FAO and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), articulates a conceptual framework for measuring multidimensional poverty in rural areas, and...
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21/01/2022
FAO’s new open data policy makes fact-finding and information-sharing easier
FAO releases a new SDG indicators domain in FAOSTAT
21/12/2021
FAOSTAT is the world's most comprehensive statistical database on food, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, natural resources management and nutrition. One of the most widely used FAO...
Supply chain joins deforestation and farming practices as main source of emissions in agri-food sector
08/11/2021
FAO presents new data base to track carbon emissions from agri-food systems around the world
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03/11/2021
FAO publishes 2021 edition of its World Food and Agriculture Statistical Yearbook
Agri-food systems transformation: new, ambitious framework proposed to monitor progress
06/10/2021
Experts from FAO, John Hopkins University and GAIN seek rigorous metrics system in piece published by the Food Policy Journal
Alarming new FAO report shows decades of development efforts undermined
23/09/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic sets back efforts to achieve Agenda 2030. 22 September 2021, Rome - The stark findings of a new report by the Food and...
Call for a united front as global health takes a stake in the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit
10/09/2021
Geneva, 9 September 2021 Food systems are interconnected with regards to global challenges such as hunger, climate change, poverty, and inequality. The response from food systems...
New working papers shed light on rural livelihoods
03/08/2021
The Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS) compiles and disseminates harmonized household and individual-level data and indicators on different aspects of rural livelihoods, including off-farm and...
UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger
12/07/2021
12 July 2021, Rome - There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today - much of it likely related...
