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SDG Indicator 2.4.1 Proxy - Progress towards productive and sustainable agriculture

25/11/2025

The course focuses on the Proxy Indicator of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.4.1, designed to monitor progress in achieving sustainable and productive agriculture, as most countries are still building capacity to use the official farm survey-based approach. It also showcases the structure of the proxy, which has been constructed around seven sub-indicators, based on the environmental economic and social pillar.

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AFCAS29 highlights how gaps in Africa’s agricultural statistics threaten effective policy action

24/11/2025

The 29th Session of the African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS29) has opened in Hammamet, Tunisia, with a call to accelerate cooperation and innovation to meet the urgent need for high-quality agricultural statistics in Africa.

African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS), 29th Session

20/11/2025

The African Commission on Agricultural Statistics (AFCAS) is a statutory body of FAO and meets every two years. AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respect...

Arab States Face Highest Hunger Levels in Two Decades, New UN Report Warns

19/11/2025

Hunger and food insecurity in the Arab States have reached their highest levels in more than two decades, warns a new United Nations report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

Disasters cost global agriculture $3.26 trillion over three decades, FAO report reveals

14/11/2025

Disasters have inflicted an estimated $3.26 trillion in agricultural losses worldwide over the past 33 years – an average of $99 billion annually, roughly 4 percent of global agricultural GDP – according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025 highlights how digital technologies are transforming how farmers, governments and communities can monitor risks, anticipate impacts, and protect livelihoods.

FAO Food Outlook points to broad-based increase in global food commodity production

13/11/2025

Rome – Current conditions point to broad-based increases in global...

New FAO-WFP report warns of shrinking window to prevent millions more people facing acute food insecurity in 16 hotspots

11/11/2025

FAO/WFP Joint News Release

The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security, 2025

10/11/2025

14 November 2025

AMIS Market Monitor

07/11/2025

November 2025

FAO Food Price Index declines in October, world cereal stocks set to reach record high

07/11/2025

Rome – World food commodity prices generally declined in October, driven largely by ample global supplies, according to the benchmark measure released Friday by the Food and Agriculture...

Proxy approach for status and trend assessments of productive and sustainable agriculture

05/11/2025

New FAO Statistics Working Paper

FAO report: 1.7 billion people experience lower crop yields due to land degradation

03/11/2025

The alarming figure comes from the latest The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), released today during an event at its headquarters in Rome.