Highlights archive
2024 African Statistics Day
18/11/2024
In celebration of African Statistics Day (18 November), we're proud to highlight some of the progress made in strengthening agricultural statistics across the continent.
As FAO’s World Census Programme 2020 comes to a close in 2025, 15 African countries (Botswana, Comoros, Central Afric...
Development flows to agriculture 2013–2022. Global and regional trends
15/11/2024
New FAOSTAT data release
Cocoa, coffee and tea push up global food import bill for wealthier countries
14/11/2024
FAO’s new Food Outlook report tracks main food and beverage markets and looks at olive oil and fertilizers
Greenhouse gas emissions from agrifood systems. Global, regional and country trends, 2000–2022
14/11/2024
New FAOSTAT data release
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FAO Food Price Index rises in October, its steepest climb in over a year
08/11/2024
Global cereal production and trade likely to decline from last year
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The rural multidimensional poverty index applied to Small Islands Developing States
04/11/2024
New FAO Statistics Working Paper
FAO adds to data coverage of employment in agrifood systems
01/11/2024
Expanded FAOSTAT feature offers more insights into who is doing the work to keep the world fed
New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
31/10/2024
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories
Launch of the Third Phase of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics
30/10/2024
Building on the achievements of previous phases, the initiative will expand its reach and collaborate with new countries.
Bangladesh Strengthens Commitment to Forest Data Transparency and Sustainable Development
29/10/2024
The Bangladesh Forest Department, under the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC), has made a significant step toward forest data transparency by creating metadata, microdata, and supplementary resources from its National Forest Inventory (NFI) publicly available on the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) catalogue developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This initiative marks a milestone in the country’s journey towards sustainable forest management and global environmental goals.
CFS 52 Side Event: Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand?
14/10/2024
FAO and partners co-organized the event "Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand?", on the sidelines of the 52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52).
The International Day for Disaster Reduction is here
10/10/2024
Browse FAO's flagship report "The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2023"
The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security
Environmental eXternalities ACcounting Tool
10/10/2024
Discover FAO’s new and improved climate-change calculation tool for greenhouse gases