The Food and Agricultural Markets Analysis Team (FAMA), provides economic data and analysis on major agricultural raw materials, horticultural and tropical products. The Team also undertakes market reviews, outlook appraisals and projections and provides assistance to member countries in designing and implementing national policies for those agricultural commodities, which enter into international trade. The tables contained in this document bring together governments’ replies to the latest questionnaires, supplemented by other...

Esta guía técnica sobre la medición de las huellas de carbono y agua se desarrolló para ayudar a las empresas en la cadena de valor de la piña a ser más resilientes y sostenibles. Al cuantificar y reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, las empresas pueden volverse más eficientes en el uso de recursos, reducir costos, mejorar la resiliencia de sus operaciones y contribuir a la mitigación del...

La FAO organizó una reunión mundial sobre resiliencia y sostenibilidad en las cadenas de valor de las frutas tropicales en mayo de 2024 con el objetivo de compartir información actualizada sobre las tendencias y los desafíos en materia de resiliencia y sostenibilidad en la industria de las frutas tropicales; identificar los riesgos para la producción y el comercio; compartir historias de éxito, buenas prácticas e información técnica para abordar estos...

The Monthly Price Update is an information product provided by the oilseeds desk of the Markets and Trade Division of FAO. It reviews the development of international prices for oilseeds, oils and meals as reflected by FAO’s price indices.In July 2024, the FAO price indices for oilseeds and oilmeals declined compared to the previous month and remained below their year-earlier levels. By contrast, the vegetable oil index continued to rise for...

This quarterly bulletin features agricultural trade policy changes in the region. It provides current trade measures, agreements, statistics and articles by experts covering trade-related issues in countries across the region, and it is sent to members of the Agricultural Trade Expert Network. The network connects experts from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia as part of the FAO’s Regional Initiative 2 in Europe and Central Asia “Transforming food systems and...

This report describes full-year results on developments in global major tropical fruits trade in 2023 and represents an update to the Major Tropical Fruits Market Preliminary Results 2023.

The Banana Market Review is issued on an annual basis to Members and Observers of the Sub-Group on Bananas of the Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits, which is a subsidiary body of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP). The review describes full-year results on developments in global banana trade in 2023 and represents an update to the Banana Market Review Preliminary Results 2023. The analysis contained in this...

El proyecto “Crear cadenas de valor mundiales responsables en favor de la producción y el comercio sostenibles de frutas tropicales” (Proyecto de Frutas Responsables) apoya a los actores de la industria del aguacate y la piña para establecer o fortalecer sistemas de debida diligencia basados en riesgos con el objetivo de hacer sus operaciones más sostenibles y resilientes a los shocks.En 2021 se realizó una encuesta de referencia dirigida a...

The Banana Market Review is issued on an annual basis to Members and Observers of the Sub-Group on Bananas of the Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits, which is a subsidiary body of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP). The review describes full-year results on developments in global banana trade in 2023 and represents an update to the Banana Market Review Preliminary Results 2023. The analysis contained in this...

The risk that the high level in hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition will continue is particularly high today, considering the modest level of global economic growth forecast for 2024 and persisting conflicts, crisis, and climate variability and extremes. This paper discusses the interconnected issues of hunger and poverty. It presents an overview of hunger across regions; forecasts for the global cereal supply to 2023/2024 as well as to 2032; and...