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The benchmark of world food commodity prices rose in April for a third consecutive month amid elevated energy costs and disruptions caused by the conflict in the Near East, according to the latest release by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The census of agriculture continues to play a key role in the collection of structural data on the agriculture sector. The WCA 2030 aims to provide countries with the tools and knowledge necessary to conduct comprehensive and accurate agricultural censuses, ensuring that the data collected is relevant, timely, internationally comparable and actionable.

The Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2025 assesses hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition across the African continent, with a special focus on financing agrifood systems transformation.

Publicly-oriented agricultural research and development (R&D) systems have been growing at an average annual rate of 1.8 percent in the past two decades, reaching $50.4 billion in 2023, while the number of agricultural researchers has grown even faster, new data presented today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

El Gobierno de Honduras a través del Instituto de Conservación Forestal (ICF) pone a disposición del público el primer y el segundo ciclo del Inventario Forestal Nacional (IFN) en el Catálogo de Microdatos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura de la FAO (FAM). Esta iniciativa, que cuenta con el apoyo del proyecto "Fortalecimiento de la capacidad mundial para aumentar la transparencia en el sector forestal (CBIT-Forest)" fortalece el compromiso del país con la transparencia en la difusión de su gestión forestal.

New FAOSTAT data release

Acute food insecurity and malnutrition levels remain alarmingly high and deeply entrenched, with crises increasingly concentrated in a core group of countries, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026, released today by an international alliance.  In its tenth edition, the GRFC shows that acute hunger has doubled over the past decade, with two famines declared last year for the first time in the report’s history.

Reducing food loss starts with better data. As more countries and organizations step up efforts to tackle the issue, better information is helping to show where losses occur and where action can have the greatest impact. Through its food loss and waste database, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome brings together evidence from across countries, products, and supply chains, creating a resource that supports global monitoring and helps to make more informed decisions. The Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the FAO supports these developments.

FAO has launched the first phase of the new FAO/INFOODS Food Composition website, improving access to global food composition data, standards, and tools through a user-friendly platform.

The status of women in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa provides the latest data, policy highlights and recommendations for policy- and decision-makers about gender in agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Explore powerful tools to monitor national breed populations and make informed decisions on the management of animal genetic resources.

Rome Nutrition Week 2026 will take place between 25-28 May at FAO Headquarters, under the overarching theme of "Shaping the Future of Joint Nutrition Action in a Changing World." 

Forests employ approximately 42 million people worldwide, with women accounting for one quarter of the workforce, according to new research from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Thünen Institute of Forestry.

April 2026

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

These Guidelines on estimating harvest and post-harvest losses of meat, milk and eggs are intended to provide countries with the appropriate statistical methodology and tools to properly estimate losses for meat, milk and eggs at the national level on the farm and along the supply chain.

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. 

De acuerdo con el último indicador de referencia publicado el viernes por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), los precios mundiales de los productos alimenticios subieron en marzo por segundo mes consecutivo, en gran medida debido al alza de los precios energéticos ligada a la escalada del conflicto en el Cercano Oriente.

April 2026

New FAOSTAT data release