Highlights archive
First-ever global estimation of the impact of disasters on agriculture
13/10/2023
New FAO report shows that about $3.8 trillion worth of crops and livestock production has been lost over the last 30 years
FAO Food Price Index unchanged in September
06/10/2023
Higher world maize and sugar prices offset by lower vegetable oil quotations
FAO broadens scope of innovative water monitoring tool to include the whole world
06/10/2023
Open-access WaPOR system uses geospatial data to track actual crop water consumption down to the field level
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New Yearbook on Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics
20/09/2023
The FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics offers a synthesis of the major trends in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.
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Multiple shocks keep pushing world further away from development targets
15/09/2023
Worrying FAO report provides food for thought to world leaders ahead of upcoming UN SDG summit in New York
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FAO releases a new data dissemination platform: FAO DATA EXPLORER Beta version
13/09/2023
The FAO Data Explorer is the corporate data dissemination platform of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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FAO Food Price Index declines in August
08/09/2023
Strong supply conditions push international commodity quotations lower except for rice and sugar
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New AQUASTAT Dissemination Platform now available!
01/08/2023
AQUASTAT collects and analyses data from around the world to support the sustainable use of water.
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General and food consumer price indices inflation rates. March 2023 update
20/07/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
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Land statistics and indicators (2000–2021). Global, regional and country trends
13/07/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
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Development flows to agriculture (2012–2021). Global and regional trends
12/07/2023
New FAOSTAT data release
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122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report
12/07/2023
Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-32 maps key output, consumption and trade trends
06/07/2023
Production growth to slow in step with population, while geopolitical tensions, climate change, animal and plant diseases and price volatility pose long-term uncertainty
FAO Food Outlook: Global output set for expansion, but declining imports by the most vulnerable countries are a cause for concern
15/06/2023
New report points to likely production increases across most basic foodstuffs, but delicate demand-supply balances allow little room for more disruptions
FAO at the International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS)
09/06/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for enhanced statistical capacities, innovative tools and funding to produce, access and use more and better data for policy-making.
Methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from food systems Part VI: fluorinated gas emissions
01/06/2023
New FAO Statistics Working Paper