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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking this year’s International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) by shining a light on the importance of leveraging data to stop food loss and waste.

These guidelines are intended to provide countries with the appropriate statistical methodology and tools to properly estimate on- and off-farm losses for horticultural crops at the national and subnational levels. The proposed methodology follows a sample-based survey approach that can be either...

September 2026

The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative is a critically important platform that collects, curates and provides internationally comparable statistics on agricultural research and development (R&D) capacities, investments and human resources.   

América Latina avanza en la preparación de la Ronda 2030 del Censo Agropecuario Mundial, mediante un trabajo regional orientado a aprovechar las innovaciones, experiencias y lecciones aprendidas durante los censos realizados en la ronda anterior. 

The FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics, prepared by the Statistics and Information Team of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, presents a synthesis of the major trends in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. This new edition marks 75 years of FAO fisheries and aquaculture statistics.

Adverse weather, Middle East Conflict, and Black Sea trade logistics mostly behind higher quotations for major food commodities

September 2026

To help build a green economy, we need a clear picture of who works in our forests.

As of December 2025, the FAM Catalogue contained 1 542 surveys and 561 388 variables and had recorded 79 000 visitors and 7 889 licensed data requests. Its collections span agricultural surveys and censuses, food security, nutrition, emergency monitoring and other areas, including a dedicated Forest Inventory Data collection. 

The latest study from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) reveals the stark reality of where global food systems transformation stands: For most indicators on health, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience, a vast majority of countries will not meet the internationally agreed 2030 goals. And for some indicators such as greenhouse gas emissions from food systems, no country in the world is projected to meet the target.

New FAO Statistics Working Paper and Hand-in-Hand data dissemination

The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged up in July, as recent heatwaves and energy price dynamics pushed up quotations for cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to new data released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

New FAOSTAT data release

New FAOSTAT data release

La Escala de Experiencia de Inseguridad Alimentaria (FIES), desarrollada por la FAO, permite medir de manera directa el acceso económico y físico de las personas a los alimentos a partir de sus propias experiencias, entregando información clave para diseñar políticas públicas más eficaces en la lucha contra el hambre.

El hambre en el mundo disminuyó por tercer año consecutivo en 2025, lo que demuestra que es posible avanzar. Sin embargo, las mejoras siguen siendo frágiles, están distribuidas de manera desigual y son insuficientes para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para 2030, según el informe El estado de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en el mundo 2026 (SOFI 2026), publicado este martes por cinco organismos especializados de las Naciones Unidas.

El Sr. QU Dongyu, Director General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), afirmó el martes en la presentación de la edición de 2026 del informe El estado de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en el mundo (SOFI) que tres años consecutivos de progresos en la reducción del hambre a escala mundial demuestran que el hambre no es inevitable.

New FAOSTAT data release