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Global cereal production and trade likely to decline from last year

November 2024

New FAO Statistics Working Paper

Expanded FAOSTAT feature offers more insights into who is doing the work to keep the world fed

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report. The report warns that the spread of conflict, particularly in the Middle East – coupled with climate and economic stressors - is pushing millions of people to the brink. The report spotlights the regional fallout from the crisis in Gaza which has seen Lebanon engulfed in conflict and warns that the La Niña weather pattern could impact climates through March 2025, threatening fragile food systems in already vulnerable regions. 

Building on the achievements of previous phases, the initiative will expand its reach and collaborate with new countries.

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.

New FAOSTAT data release

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).

Monthly Report (October 2024)

Discover FAO’s new and improved climate-change calculation tool for greenhouse gases

Browse FAO's flagship report "The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2023"

The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security

International quotations for sugar lead an across-the-board increase in major food commodity prices

October 2024

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.

New FAO statistical report

Since its establishment in 1994, EMPRES has played a critical role in safeguarding global food security by preventing and controlling the spread of transboundary pests and diseases affecting animals and plants, aquaculture, forestry, and food safety.

Since 1984, GLOBEFISH has provided information and analysis on the markets and trade of fisheries and aquaculture products

Monthly Report (September 2024)