Highlights archive

April 2026

World food commodity prices rose in March for the second month in a row, due largely to higher energy prices linked to the conflict escalation in the Near East, according to the latest benchmark measure released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

New FAOSTAT data release

2026 update

On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Waste, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the World Food Programme (WFP), together with the Republic of Türkiye, marked the tenth anniversary of the Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste (TPFLW).

Agriculture remains the backbone of Rwanda’s Economy and the foundation of rural livelihoods. As the country is on the trajectory towards the vision 2050 ambition of becoming a high-income and climate-resilient nation, the sector continues to play a central role in food and nutrition security, employment, and broad-based social-economic development.

The new API Developer Portal simplifies data integration and turns global food and agriculture statistics into actionable insights.

 

Join global experts at ICAS 2026 in Kraków, Poland (July 8–10) to explore how innovative data approaches are shaping resilient and sustainable agri-food systems. 

The sixth hybrid seminar series between FAO and La Sapienza University strengthens partnerships while training the next generation of statisticians

Papua New Guinea has reached a significant milestone in improving forest data transparency and governance with the publication of its national forest inventory (NFI) in the Food and Agriculture Microdata (...

Impacts on energy and fertilizer trade, and food security

Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Bulletin

In an exclusive AgroSpectrum interview, Jairo Castano of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations explains how the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2030 will modernize agricultural censuses, strengthen data-driven policymaking, and support progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Quality statistics are key to informing decisions, policies and investments that address issues such as food security, malnutrition as well as sustainable and resilient agrifood systems. FAO, as part of its core mandate, is committed to collecting, analysing, interpreting and disseminating these statistics. 

Guidelines formulated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the World Programme of Census of Agriculture in 2030 were endorsed on 6 March by the UN Statistical Commission at its 57th Session, elevating them to the status of an internationally agreed standard.

March 2026

The fifty-seventh session of the United Nations Statistical Commission will take place in person from 3 to 6 March 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

New forecasts also point to reduced wheat plantings in 2026 as farmers respond to lower prices

New FAO Statistics Working Paper