Highlights archive

Mongolia has taken a major step towards ensuring greater forest data transparency with the publication of the country’s Multipurpose National Forest Inventory (NFI) and make it available to the global audiences through the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue, developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Nepal has taken a significant step toward forest data transparency and sustainable forest management by making its National Forest Inventory (NFI) metadata and resources available on the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) catalogue.

Guidelines for countries collecting data in line with the United Nations Statistical Commission-endorsed guidelines on food data collection in HCES

FAO Statistics at the 56th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

This handbook provides an essential description of the methodology used by FAO to develop food balance sheets. It aims to familiarize Member Nations, food budgeting institutions, and other interested parties with the core processes involved in data collection and imputation strategies specificall...

Results from Pacific fishing areas are presented at Honiara Summit in Solomon Islands

The FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics offers a synthesis of the major trends in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

Monthly Report (February 2025)

International quotations for sugar and vegetable oils drive FAO Food Price Index lower

February 2025

New FAOSTAT data release

Statement of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has taken a significant step towards enhancing forest data transparency by registering its national forest monitoring system (NFMS) data on the Food and Agriculture Microdata (FAM) Catalogue, developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

New FAO Statistics Working Paper

Climate variability and extreme weather events (such as droughts, floods, and storms) are reducing agricultural productivity, disrupting food supply chains, increasing prices, impacting food environments, and threatening progress in reducing hunger and malnutrition in the region

New FAOSTAT data release

Why gathering statistics on agriculture is worth the challenge

FAO publishes comprehensive report on Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Agrifood Systems

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative report identifies governance and resilience as pivotal leverage points for food system transformation

In 2024 the benchmark measure of world food commodity prices averaged 2.1 percent below its 2023 level