Sustainable Development Goals Helpdesk

01/01/2023

WIEWS is the information system used by FAO for the preparation of periodic, country-driven global assessments of the status of conservation and use of Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. WIEWS also monitors, on the basis of country reports, the implementation of the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted in 2011.

01/01/2023

The Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to improve the environmental sustainability of the livestock sector through harmonized methods, metrics, and data. LEAP leads a coordinated global initiative to accelerate the sustainable development of livestock supply chain and to support coherent climate actions...

01/01/2023

The AGORA programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of up to 15,500 key journals and up to 48,000 books in more than 115 countries.

01/01/2023

The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) is a global voluntary network of national authorities with a role in food safety, coordinated by a joint FAO/WHO Secretariat. National authorities of almost all of FAO and WHO Member States are part of the network. FAO and WHO have complementary roles in the management of INFOSAN.

01/01/2023

FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture statistics (including crop, livestock, and forestry sub-sectors) for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.

01/01/2023

FAO has been monitoring the world’s forests at 5 to 10 year intervals since 1946. The Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) are now produced every five years in an attempt to provide a consistent approach to describing the world’s forests and how they are changing.

01/01/2023

GACSA is an inclusive, voluntary and action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). GACSA works to improve farmers’ agricultural productivity and incomes in a sustainable way; build farmers’ resilience to extreme weather and changing climate; reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture, when possible.

01/01/2023

CROPWAT is a decision support tool developed by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO.

01/01/2023

Established in 1984, GLOBEFISH is a multi-donor funded project within the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division responsible for providing up-to-date trade and market on fisheries and aquaculture products. GLOBEFISH promotes and facilitates information exchange among the seafood industry, governments, academia and stakeholders worldwide.

01/01/2023

FAO’s SDG Indicators Data Portal offers a one-stop shop with official statistics, interactive data visualizations, methodological documents, capacity development initiatives, FAO focal points and key flagship publications.

01/01/2023

The Investment Learning Platform (ILP) aims to provide concise and practical guidance to those who plan, formulate, implement or evaluate public investment in agriculture and rural development, in particular government, their advisors and partners.

01/01/2023

The Hand-in-Hand (HiH) Geospatial Platform is the enabling tool for the HiH Initiative unlocking over 2 million data layers for more targeted, evidence-based interventions.

01/01/2023

The FAO Digital Services Portfolio is a cloud based platform designed to disseminate information in the food and agriculture sectors and scale up agricultural services for smallholders farmers, fostering digital inclusion. It aims at making useful data, information and statistics available and accessible to rural communities...

01/01/2023

The Food Systems Dashboard combines data from multiple sources to give users a complete view of food systems. Users can compare components of food systems across countries and regions. They can also identify and prioritize ways to sustainably improve diets and nutrition in their food systems.

01/01/2023

Integrated package of guidance materials on how to design, implement, monitor and evaluate nutrition-sensitive food and agriculture policies and programmes.

01/01/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) established the Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Hub in June 2021 to provide a regularly updated and highly accessible picture of food insecurity in fragile environments and to inform FAO’s evidence-based programming.

01/01/2023

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is an informal, voluntary arrangement among 16 international organizations and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests. These agencies share their experiences and build on them to produce new benefits for their respective constituencies.

01/01/2023

This Guidance Note for FAO Country Offices covers information about the importance of the follow-up and review process for the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, including information about the gaps in the coverage of the Voluntary National Reviews, and recommendations on what needs to be strengthened to make the VNRs meaning instruments for the acceleration of transition towards sustainable development...

01/01/2023

As a facilitator of South-South Cooperation (SSC), FAO brings together countries that have development solutions with countries that are also interested in applying them.Both South-South (SSC) and Triangular Cooperation (TrC) have proven effective in creating jobs, building infrastructure and promoting trade in countries across the global South.

01/01/2023

This web site contains latest information and analysis on domestic prices of basic foods mainly in developing countries, complementing FAO analysis on international markets. It provides early warning on high food prices at country level that may negatively affect food security. All data used in the analysis can be found in the FPMA Tool.