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Guidelines formulated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the World Programme of Census of Agriculture in 2030 were endorsed on 6 March by the UN Statistical Commission at its 57th Session, elevating them to the status of an internationally agreed standard.

Quality statistics are key to informing decisions, policies and investments that address issues such as food security, malnutrition as well as sustainable and resilient agrifood systems. FAO, as part of its core mandate, is committed to collecting, analysing, interpreting and disseminating these statistics. 

The fifty-seventh session of the United Nations Statistical Commission will take place in person from 3 to 6 March 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

New forecasts also point to reduced wheat plantings in 2026 as farmers respond to lower prices

March 2026

New FAO Statistics Working Paper 

La medición y el monitoreo del ODS 12.3.1.a “Índice de pérdidas de alimentos” es compleja y requiere de diversos esfuerzos de medición para poder cubrir los principales grupos de alimentos y eslabones a lo largo de la cadena agroalimentaria. En este contexto, México se posiciona como referente...

While progress has been achieved in land tenure and governance over the past 20 years, the ownership, tenure or use rights of only 35 percent of the world’s land is formally documented, according to the Status of Land Tenure and Governance, a new report released today.

The International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS) is a premier global forum dedicated to fostering and leveraging best practices, research, and innovation to meet the evolving needs of agricultural statistics.

In preparation for Tuvalu’s first National Crops and Livestock Census, FAO is providing technical and methodological supports in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources Development, Central Statistics Division and the Pacific Community (SPC). Today, a training is kick-started to equip field staff with the knowledge, skills and tools to collect accurate and high-quality census data.

Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Bulletin

The FAO/WHO Global Individual Food Consumption Data Tool (GIFT) is an open-access digital platform that provides access to harmonized individual level quantitative dietary intake data. The platform provides a range of summary statistics on food consumption and nutrition, food ...

February 2026

Updated forecasts suggest global stocks-to-use ratio may rise to quarter-century high

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

FAOSTAT is one of FAO’s most important corporate platforms and is the largest statistical database on food and agriculture in the world. FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.

De acuerdo con lo informado el viernes por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), el indicador de referencia de los precios mundiales de los productos alimenticios cayó en diciembre respecto del mes anterior, ya que los descensos de las cotizaciones de los productos lácteos, la carne y los aceites vegetales compensaron con creces los aumentos de las de los cereales y el azúcar.

New FAOSTAT data release

New FAOSTAT data release