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Blog by Andrew Johnny, Statistician General, Statistics Sierra Leone

The benchmark of world food commodity prices declined slightly in September, led by drops in the sugar and dairy price indices, according to the new report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Friday.

Zimbabwe has taken a major stride in modernizing its agricultural statistics systems through the integration of Earth Observation (EO) technologies. This week, the country is hosting a training workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), bringing together national experts for a hands-on training aimed at enhancing the country’s capacity to generate timely, accurate, and reliable crop type, crop acreage and crop yield statistics.

Blog by Michael Rahija, Regional Statistician, FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking this year’s International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) by shining a light on the importance of leveraging data to stop food loss and waste.

Thailand has taken a significant step toward enhancing forest data transparency by publishing data on their national forest inventory (NFI) in the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue, developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This achievement highlights Thailand’s commitment to sustainable forest management, climate action and international cooperation.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is pleased to announce that the results of the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2025 will be officially launched at the Global Forest Observations Initiative Plenary 2025 in Bali, Indonesia, on 21 October.

FAO is the custodian of 22 Sustainable Development Goals indicators

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and FAO Statistics Division (ESS) cordially invite you to join the launch of "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2025" report.

New FAO Statistics Working Paper 

Monthly Report (September 2025)

The sixth observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste calls for urgent action to expand and strengthen efforts to reduce food loss and waste toward securing a sustainable food future for all.

September 2025

New forecasts point to growth in global cereal output, utilization, stocks and trade

Gains in meat and vegetable oil price indices outweigh declines in cereals, dairy and sugar

The world must act with greater urgency and inclusiveness to address the uneven progress in the fight against global hunger and malnutrition, said QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), at the launch of the 2025 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report.

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report 2025 indicates that an estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress has not been consistent across the ...

Launched during the Second UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, SOFI 2025 indicates that between 638 and 720 million people faced hunger in 2024. Based on the point estimate of 673 million, this represents a decrease of 15 million people from 2023 and of 22 million from 2022.

New FAO Statistics Working Paper and Hand-in-Hand data dissemination

New FAOSTAT data release