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 2025
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The 2025 edition of The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture underscores the urgent challenges of human-induced land degradation, water scarcity, and climate change, and their impact on agricultural productivity and ecosystems.
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets
Trade and nutrition: Policy coherence for healthy diets
The State of the World's Forests
Forest pathways for green recovery
The State of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Blue Transformation in action
Recent Publications
Regional strategic foresight report for Latin America and the Caribbean
03/2026
This report applies FAO’s strategic foresight framework to examine the long-term transformation pathways of agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. The analysis is conducted in a context marked by structural economic fragilities, persistent inequalities, climate risks, and increasing geopolitical and trade tensions, all of which interact to constrain sustainable development in the region.
Global Agrifood Implications of the 2026 Conflict in the Middle East
03/2026
The escalation of conflict in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Middle East has sharply increased risks to global energy, fertilizer, and agrifood systems. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for oil, gas, and fertilizers, has already seen disruptions that are raising energy and agricultural input costs worldwide. Fertilizer shortages and higher energy prices threaten crop yields, while remittance losses and potential shifts to biofuel production could amplify food price volatility.
One Health in agrifood systems – FAO’s animal health service offer
01/2026
This portfolio showcases the animal health and One Health service offer, ultimately aimed at providing a service to all countries, in particular low- and middle-income countries.
Food Outlook – Biannual report on global food markets
11/2025
Agricultural markets remain highly sensitive to a variety of external shocks, including weather fluctuations and policy developments, and merit regular monitoring. According to the latest FAO assessments, global food commodity production has broadly increased, supported by strong consumption growth and a recovery in inventories. However, the trade outlook continues to be clouded by an evolving global trade environment and persistent policy uncertainties.
The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025
11/2025
This biennial flagship report provides comprehensive evidence on the escalating impact of disasters on global agricultural systems, revealing losses of USD 3.26 trillion over the period 1991–2023. The 2025 edition introduces enhanced methodologies for assessing disaster impacts across crops, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture subsectors, offering Member States robust data for evidence-based policymaking.
Framework for early warning of animal health threats
11/2025
Effective early warning systems (EWS) are a critical component of reducing risk. This framework lays out the technical objectives and the structural and institutional set-up for the operationalization and management of EWS against infectious animal diseases under a systems approach, which considers the overall strengthening of animal health surveillance systems and the capacity to implement risk-based strategies and respond to detected signals.
The State of Food and Agriculture 2025
11/2025
The 2025 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture explores the theme “Addressing land degradation across landholding scales”. It examines the implications of human-induced land degradation for agricultural production, producers of all scales and vulnerable populations. The report presents new findings on how cropland degradation contributes to the yield gap worldwide against a backdrop of broader degradation processes on other land cover types and even land abandonment.
Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach
07/2025
The purpose of transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach is to clarify what a this involves in practice across agrifood systems. It explains what a systems approach means in the context of agrifood systems, why it matters and how to adopt it. It advances the operationalization of a systems approach by outlining the key shifts needed to embed systems thinking into policies, programmes, projects, and interventions.