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FAO Food Price Index drops for the sixth consecutive month

Prices of vegetable oils lead the decline in September

Yearly data released in the new dissemination system of AQUASTAT

AQUASTAT, FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, just released a new dissemination system that provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country and by year since 1960.

Food crisis tightens its grip on 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ as famine looms in the Horn of Africa – new report

Rising conflict, weather extremes, and economic instability aggravated by the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are among the key drivers

New FAO report paints a bleak picture of SDG achievements

As the world faces multiple crises dominated by new conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, economic shocks and growing inequalities, development has been halted or even reversed across several domains, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

World food commodity prices dip for fifth month in a row in August

FAO Food Price Index dips by 1.9 percent while new FAO forecasts point to lower global cereals output in 2022

Did you know? FAO provides a wide range of information on prices

FAO’s statistical and market outlook work is key to help monitor, analyse, and disseminate food price data along the food supply chain, from producers to consumers, through both domestic and international markets.