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 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
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.
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.
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034
07/2025
The Agricultural Outlook 2025–2034 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy, and country expertise of both organisations, as well as input from collaborating member countries, to provide an annual assessment of the prospects for the coming decade of national, regional, and global agricultural commodity markets.
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.