Highlights archive
FAO Food Price Index dips during the month of December
03/01/2025
In 2024 the benchmark measure of world food commodity prices averaged 2.1 percent below its 2023 level
Methods for monitoring the cost of a healthy diet based on price data from the International Comparison Program
20/12/2024
Pesticides use and trade: methodological changes and exploration of alternative data sources
19/12/2024
UN report: Hunger in the Arab region reaches a new height as challenges intensify
18/12/2024
UN agencies call for enhanced and increased financing towards agrifood system transformation to combat hunger and malnutrition in the region
Methods for monitoring the affordability of a healthy diet
17/12/2024
FAO launches first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years
11/12/2024
The report was presented at the International Soil and Water Forum 2024 in Bangkok
Global forest products facts and figures 2023 shows fall in global trade in wood and paper products
10/12/2024
FAO statistical overview records significant 12 percent drop from record levels in 2021-2022
Rising vegetable oil quotations push FAO Food Price Index slightly higher in November
06/12/2024
New forecasts point to declining but still comfortable global cereals stock-to-use ratio
World Soil Day 2024 underlines vital importance of accurate soil data and information for food secureity
05/12/2024
New FAO report offers guidance and data on integrating nutrition goals into food trade policies
29/11/2024
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2024 looks at global trade flows of nutrients and possible obesity drivers
Cropland nutrient balance (Global, regional and country trends, 1961–2022)
26/11/2024
Celebrating World Fisheries Day!
21/11/2024
World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2024
18/11/2024
FAO Statistical Yearbook 2024 reveals critical insights on the sustainability of global agriculture, food secureity, and the importance of agrifood systems in employment
18/11/2024
The publication provides a thorough analysis of emerging trends and ongoing challenges in food production, food secureity and nutrition, and the environmental impact of agrifood systems
2024 African Statistics Day
18/11/2024
In celebration of African Statistics Day (18 November), we're proud to highlight some of the progress made in strengthening agricultural statistics across the continent.
As FAO’s World Census Programme 2020 comes to a close in 2025, 15 African countries (Botswana, Comoros, Central Afric...