Highlights archive

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).

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

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

UN agencies call for enhanced and increased financing towards agrifood system transformation to combat hunger and malnutrition in the region

The report was presented at the International Soil and Water Forum 2024 in Bangkok

FAO statistical overview records significant 12 percent drop from record levels in 2021-2022

New forecasts point to declining but still comfortable global cereals stock-to-use ratio