Highlights archive
World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2021
02/11/2021
FAO Statistical Yearbook is a primary tool for policy makers, researchers and analysts, as well as the general public interested in the past, present and future path of food and agriculture.
New Brief on Water Use Efficiency (WUE)
26/10/2021
On the road to Glasgow COP26, FAO Land and Water Division, as coordinator of the UN-Water Expert Group on Water Scarcity, is now releasing a new Brief on Water Use Efficiency (WUE) to advance climate goals through water-energy nexus lens, across all sectors, to ensure s...
Animal disease threats: FAO launches new global information system
22/10/2021
EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks
FAO Food Price Index rises further in September
08/10/2021
World cereal production is expected to lag behind global consumption despite hitting an all-time high
Food security and water security go hand-in-hand
07/10/2021
Launch of the WMO-led report “2021 State of Climate Services: Water”
Agri-food systems transformation: new, ambitious framework proposed to monitor progress
07/10/2021
Experts from FAO, John Hopkins University and GAIN seek rigorous metrics system in piece published by the Food Policy Journal
JUST RELEASED | Guidance on core indicators for agrifood systems
13/09/2021
Measuring the private sector’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Progress on change in water-use efficiency
23/08/2021
Global status and acceleration needs for SDG indicator 6.4.1 (2021)
Progress on the level of water stress
23/08/2021
Global status and acceleration needs for SDG indicator 6.4.2 (2021)
Major tropical fruits - Preliminary market results 2020
19/08/2021
The Tropical Fruits Market Review provides preliminary estimates for the 2020 market situation for the following major tropical fruits: Avocado, Mango, Papaya and Pineapple. Statistical tables related to imports and exports are also provided in the annex.
Hidden in plain sight
19/08/2021
Trees, forests and land use in drylands: the first global assessment
Development flows to agriculture 2002–2019 (Global and regional trends)
09/08/2021
New FAOSTAT data release
Access to food in 2020 Results of twenty national surveys using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
09/08/2021
This report presents the results of a food security assessment using FIES data collected via telephone for FAO in twenty food crisis countries. The surveys described in this report were conducted with the intention of providing the more accurate, timely, food insecurity assessments needed to info...
JUST RELEASED: The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
03/08/2021
| This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 as well as new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It highlights the need for a deepe... |