Highlights archive
Ground-breaking data platform plays key role in tackling acute food insecurity in food crises
09/05/2023
FAO’s Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Information System monitors the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods
The measure of world food prices rose in April for first time in a year
05/05/2023
FAO Food Price Index increases, amid higher international quotations for sugar, meat and rice, while prices for wheat, maize, dairy products and vegetable oils decline
Global Report on Food Crises: Number of people facing acute food insecurity rose to 258 million in 58 countries in 2022
03/05/2023
Economic shocks grew as driver of food crises; war in Ukraine contributed to acute food and nutrition insecurity
Threat of El Niño looms, FAO prepares anticipatory actions with Members and partners
27/04/2023
Weather reversal pattern points to higher drought risks in southern Africa and Central America and Far East Asia
Understanding and Quantifying Mountain Tourism
20/04/2023
New study jointly developed by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Gross domestic product and agriculture value added (2012–2021). Global and regional trends
14/04/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
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Benchmark for world food commodity prices fall in March for the twelfth month in a row
07/04/2023
FAO Food Price Index declined 2.1 percent from February and 20.5 percent from a year earlier
Almost half the world’s population lives in households linked to agrifood systems
03/04/2023
New FAO-led study finds that agrifood systems directly employ 1.23 billion people
UN report warns of accelerating food insecurity in the Arab region due to global crises
30/03/2023
2022 Overview highlights the need to focus on trade as an enabler to achieve food security and nutrition
New UN report focuses on food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, points way towards more affordable and sustainable diets
20/03/2023
The region as a whole is in a much better position than elsewhere in the world, but some developments need to be addressed to avoid setbacks.
Producing agricultural population estimates using an area frame
09/03/2023
New FAO Statistics Working Paper
FAO Food Price Index declines for the 11th consecutive month
03/03/2023
Early prospects point to strong wheat crop in 2023
Next generation Earth Observation tools help monitor land cover change in Lesotho
02/03/2023
Information from satellites is being used in a new way to help Lesotho develop and maintain a comprehensive next generation land cover database, as part of a collaboration between FAO experts, GIZ and the Government of Lesotho.
Global indicators on the costs of healthy diets and how many people can’t afford them
01/03/2023
FAO’s FAOSTAT data portal shows that Latin America and the Caribbean has the highest cost of a healthy diet compared to other regions
Estimating global and country-level employment in agrifood systems
23/02/2023
New FAO Statistics Working Paper
New data from agricultural censuses released on FAOSTAT
20/02/2023
New structural data from the latest World Programme for the Census of Agriculture released for 21 countries
Data Lab for Statistical Innovations
13/02/2023
Data users, policymakers and analysts have a new and improved platform to facilitate data analysis and evidence-based policymaking