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The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems
03/07/2025

"The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems" report is a call to action. It presents the most comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of youth in agrifood systems to date, highlighting both the opportunities and structural barriers that shape their engagement. It explores how transforming agrifood systems can enhance decent job opportunities and food security for youth, and how empowered youth can drive this transformation.

Hunger Hotspots FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: June to October 2025 outlook
25/06/2025

The report focuses on the most severe and deteriorating acute hunger situations, but it does not represent all countries/territories experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity.

The Second Report on the State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources
26/03/2025

The Second Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources provides a global assessment of forest genetic resources. It highlights the crucial role of these resources for sustainable development and examines progress in implementing the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources.

The Third Report on The State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
24/03/2025

The third report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture presents a comprehensive assessment of the conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, as well as the human and institutional capacities to support these efforts.

Commit to Grow Equality: Investing in the future of women in agrifood systems - Progress report 2025
12/03/2025

This is the first progress report of FAO’s Commit to Grow Equality (CGE) initiative, published one year after its launch. It presents an overview of the initiative and highlights 17 commitments made by CGE partners to advance gender equality and women's empowerment in agrifood systems.

The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2024
29/11/2024

The 2024 edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO 2024) explores complex linkages between food trade and nutrition and generates evidence to identify how trade affects dietary patterns and nutritional outcomes. The report examines the intersection of trade policies and nutrition measures and provides policy makers with an understanding of how to address nutrition objectives in the changing landscape of global food systems.

CFS voluntary guidelines on gender equality and women's and girls' empowerment in the context of food security and nutrition
12/11/2024

These guidelines cover critical thematic areas to address the unique challenges faced by women and girls in the context of food security and nutrition.

The State of Food and Agriculture 2024
08/11/2024

The State of Food and Agriculture 2024 builds on the findings of the 2023 edition, delving deeper into the use of true cost accounting assessments of agrifood systems and identifying policy interventions aimed at transformation. Using updated global datasets, the report confirms previous estimates of the quantified hidden costs of agrifood systems and provides a detailed breakdown of the hidden costs associated with unhealthy dietary patterns and non-communicable diseases for 156 countries.

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
24/07/2024

An annual flagship report, it monitors and analyses the world’s progress towards ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition. It also provides in-depth analysis on key challenges for meeting SDG Targets 2.1 and 2.2 in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The State of the World’s Forests 2024
22/07/2024

This edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) provides highlights on the state of the world’s forests and explores the transformative power of evidence-based innovation in the forest sector, ranging from new technologies to creative and successful policies and institutional changes, to new ways of getting finance to forest owners and managers.

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
08/06/2024

The 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture features the Blue Transformation in action, illustrated by activities and initiatives, led by FAO in collaboration with Members, partners and key stakeholders, to integrate aquatic foods into global food security and sustainability, enhance policy advocacy, scientific research and capacity building, disseminate sustainable practices and technological innovations, and support community involvement

The Unjust Climate Report: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth
05/03/2024

This report sheds light on how climate change disproportionately affects the rural poor, older people and women in low- and middle-income countries. It reveals billions of dollars in losses among female-headed farming households, further widening the income gap between men and women. It assembles an impressive set of data from 24 low- and middle-income countries in five world regions to measure the effects of climate change on rural women, youths and people living in poverty.

Urban forests: a global perspective
16/10/2023

The primary goal of this publication is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of urban forestry worldwide. By showcasing the regional perspectives, insights, experiences and case studies in urban and peri-urban forestry (UPF), we hope to inspire individuals, communities and policymakers to reimagine their relationships with urban green spaces.

The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2023
13/10/2023

The report provides examples of actions and strategies for investing in resilience and proactively addressing risks in agriculture. It demonstrates ways to mainstream disaster risk into agricultural practices and policies and calls for a deeper understanding of the context in which these solutions are implemented.

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
12/07/2023

This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet.