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The report estimates that 7.8 percent of the global population faced hunger in 2025, down from 8.1 percent in 2024 and 8.6 percent in 2022, confirming a sustained, albeit slow, improvement. This means that around 645 million people were affected by hunger in 2025, representing a reduction of nearly 14 million compared to 2024 and 43 million compared to 2022.

New FAOSTAT data release

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its most comprehensive dataset to date on women in agrifood systems, providing governments, researchers, development partners and practitioners with a powerful new tool to better understand inequalities, monitor progress, and design more effective policies and investments that address the needs of women and men.

Rome – The outlook for global food commodity markets continues to be relatively favourable, with the 2026/27 cereal production forecast to remain historically elevated, though easing from record highs. However, market prospects remain highly contingent on weather developments, including the...

New FAOSTAT data release

Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen and Palestine remain hotspots of highest concern, with Nigeria and Somalia joining the list as acute hunger risks deteriorate towards catastrophic levels

At $184 billion, trade in aquatic animal products continues to hit record highs and now rivals terrestrial meat trade in value. Ensuring sustainable and equitable growth of marine and inland ecosystems, however, remains a key challenge, according to the latest State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA 2026) report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

June 2026

El informe, desarrollado por el INEI con asistencia técnica de la FAO, incorpora la metodología FIES y revela que la inseguridad alimentaria moderada o severa afectó al 30,5% de la población peruana en 2025.

New FAOSTAT data release

New FAOSTAT data release

May 2026

New early-season forecasts point to likely declining global cereal harvests and trade in the year ahead

On 25 May 2026, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a thematic session during Rome Nutrition Week exploring how the Cost and Affordability of Healthy Diets (CoAHD) can better inform agrifood system investments.

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." 

May 2026

South Sudan has taken a significant step toward strengthening its national agricultural statistics system with the successful completion of an FAO technical support mission conducted from 20 April to 1 May 2026 in Juba. Implemented under the TCP/SSD/4001 project, the mission supported the Government of South Sudan in advancing preparations for the country’s first-ever Census of Agriculture- a critical milestone for evidence‑based agricultural planning, food security monitoring, and rural development.

Without reliable, complete and up‑to‑date National Agriculture Census framework, strengthening agrifood systems transformation risk being guided by partial signals rather than a full national picture. Recognizing this, the Government of Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is accelerating preparations for the first National Agricultural Census.

May 2026

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).