In this interview, FAO Chief Statistician and Director of Statistics Division, Mr José Rosero Moncayo, talks about the key expectations arising from the work of the 29th Commission for Agricultural Statistics. He explains that understanding the impact of a lack of statistics is crucial for formulating agricultural policies, and provides details on the important '50x2030 Initiative'.
The AQUASTAT Water Data Snapshot 2025 presents a concise overview of the most recent data available, collected during the 2024 cycle and covering data up to 2022. This report offers users easy access to more than 10 indicators providing insight into the status of water resources, agricultural water use, irrigated area, water use efficiency and water stress at global, regional and national levels through clear visuals, charts and maps.
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.
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.
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).
FAO/WFP Joint News Release