Publications
The State of the World
FAO’s State of the World collection comprises the Organization’s flagship reports. Published annually or biennially, these are data-rich and analytically complex publications: they provide a global snapshot of topics associated with food and agriculture.
The collection is increasingly structured to gauge progress towards the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is aimed at policymakers; donors; international organizations; academia; and journalists and researchers specializing in food security, agrifood systems, the environment and international development.
The State of Food and Agriculture
Addressing land degradation across landholding scales
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
Addressing high food price inflation for food security and nutrition
The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture
The potential to produce more and better
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets
Trade, resilience and food security: Global food markets under stress
The State of the World's Forests
Forest pathways for green recovery
The State of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Blue Transformation in action
Recent Publications
The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems
07/2025
With 1.3 billion youth globally, the future of food, livelihoods, and economic resilience depends on their participation in agrifood systems. At the same time, agrifood systems need youth to drive productivity, innovation, and sustainability in a crucial and rapidly evolving sector. This report 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.
Economic analysis for progressive control of foot-and-mouth disease and other transboundary animal diseases
06/2025
Animal diseases can devastate livelihoods, disrupt economies and threaten food security. But how do we determine how much to invest in their control, who should pay, and whether proposed policies will actually succeed? This practical handbook offers evidence-based answers to these pressing questions.
Investing in trade digitalization: the case of ePhyto
03/2025
Global trade in plants and plant products is rapidly expanding and set to grow another 11 percent by 2032. Electronic phytosanitary certificates – ePhytos – are easier to use, cheaper, safer and more responsive to changing circumstances than paper certificates. This report examines how the ePhyto solution can facilitate the export trade of four countries where the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) operates: Serbia, Egypt, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Global coffee market and recent price developments
03/2025
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and ranks among the most traded commodities globally. It sustains the livelihoods of some 25 million farmers and creates additional employment throughout the coffee value chain.
AMIS Market Monitor February 2025
02/2025
The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) database provides market information on four grains particularly important in international food markets: wheat, maize, rice and soybeans. The analysis is a collective assessment of the member organizations of AMIS concerning the international market situation and outlook. Published ten times a year, the report aims at improving market transparency and detecting emerging problems that might warrant the attention of policy makers.
Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (2024–2033)
02/2025
In response to the escalating threat of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have launched a revised global strategy for the prevention and control of HPAI (2024–2033) under the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs).
Latin America and the Caribbean - Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024
01/2025
Latin America and the Caribbean have seen a decline in hunger and food insecurity for two years, driven by social protection programs and post-COVID recovery. However, disparities persist, especially among women, rural populations, and vulnerable groups. The region is unlikely to meet most nutrition targets, and healthy diets remain expensive.
Progressive pathway for emergency preparedness
01/2025
The PPEP self-assessment user guide is a comprehensive guide that helps national authorities evaluate and improve their emergency preparedness for agrifood emergencies. The guide introduces the PPEP, a voluntary, multistage process that incorporates a self-assessment as a key component. The handbook outlines seven core elements of emergency preparedness: governance, communication, planning, resourcing, training, exercising and continuous improvement.
Use and implementation of Codex, IPPC and WOAH standards: How do the three sisters monitor the impact of their work?
01/2025
FAO estimates that one-third of trade in food and agriculture takes place within global value chains and crosses at least two borders. To protect trillions of dollars in worldwide exports of food and agricultural products from unsafe or poor-quality food and the spread of pests and diseases, trading nations rely on the implementation of globally agreed standards.
Recommendations for the surveillance of influenza A(H5N1) in cattle
12/2024
As influenza A(H5N1) of clade 2.3.4.4b continues to spread from wild birds to poultry and to both terrestrial and marine mammals, the recent cases in cattle highlight the critical importance of being prepared for and responding rapidly to spillover events and of planning for early detection and response at the country level, especially in countries of low and middle income.
Haiti: Executive brief of the DIEM-Monitoring assessment, round 6 (July 2024)
12/2024
The sixth round of Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) was conducted in Haiti from June to July 2024. The survey covered all 10 departments in the country and reached 2 700 households through computer-assisted telephone interviews. This Executive brief presents the main conclusions of DIEM's analysis, and action points needed to safeguard the agriculture sector and livelihoods.
Subregional West Africa: Project Highlights - OSRO/SFW/006/USA
12/2024
USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) contributed USD 500 000 to enhance preparedness and response to acute food insecurity of vulnerable households in the Sahel and West Africa. The objective of the project was to strengthen national capacities on food security, nutrition and resilience assessment and analysis, as well as regional coordination, to scale up humanitarian preparedness and response in West Africa and the Sahel.
Near East and North Africa – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024
12/2024
Hunger in the Arab region worsened amid deepening crises in 2023. The Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition warns that the Arab region remains off-track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.In 2023, 66.1 million people, approximately 14 percent of the population in the Arab region, faced hunger. The report highlights that access to adequate food remains elusive for millions.
FAO in the 2025 humanitarian appeals
12/2024
In 2024, escalating violence drove extreme hunger crises from Gaza and the Sudan to Haiti. The number of people facing, or projected to face, catastrophic hunger conditions more than doubled, rising from 705 000 in 2023 to 1.9 million people by mid-2024 across five countries/territories.
Lebanon: Rapid needs assessment on the impact of conflict on agriculture
12/2024
The surge in conflict has forced the displacement of households from some of Lebanon’s most agriculturally important regions, leading to a potential decline in food production and an increase in food insecurity. FAO, in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, conducted a rapid needs assessment in light of the escalation of conflict in in September 2024.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Response overview, November 2024
11/2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to face one of the largest food insecurity crises in the world, driven by armed conflict, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and economic challenges, including currency depreciation and high food prices.
World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2024
11/2024
The Statistical Yearbook 2024 offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. Statistics are presented in four thematic chapters, covering the economic importance of agricultural activities, inputs, outputs and factors of production, their implications for food security and nutrition and their impacts on the environment.
Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems, 2024 update
11/2024
New FAO analysis shows that in 2022, USD 29 billion, or 23 percent of climate-related development finance was allocated to agrifood systems. Although, this represents a recovery from the significant decline seen in 2020-2021, finance and investment are still insufficient for agrifood systems transformation.
Food Outlook – Biannual Report on Global Food Markets - November 2024
11/2024
FAO’s latest assessments indicate differing trajectories across different commodities, with wheat, maize, and sugar production set to decline, while outputs of dairy, fisheries, meats, oilseeds, and rice are expected to increase, with implications for utilization, trade, and stock levels. However, global food production remains susceptible to shocks arising from weather conditions, geopolitical tensions, and policies.