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FAO supports governments and partners to design the right policies and programmes to end hunger, promote food security and promote sustainable agriculture for millions of people around the world.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Our goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
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Sound and timely statistics are key to inform decisions, policies and investments that tackle issues related to food and agriculture, from hunger and malnutrition to rural poverty, from food systems productivity to the sustainable use of natural resources or to climate change.
STATISTICAL YEARBOOK WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2023
This Statistical Yearbook was prepared by the Statistics Division (ESS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Communications (OCC), Fisheries and Aquaculture (NFI), Forestry (NFO), Land and Water (NSL) and Markets and Trade (EST) divisions.
Hunger and food insecurity | FAO | Food and Agriculture …
FAO measures food insecurity using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) shown below: People who are food secure have adequate access to food in both quantity and quality. They become mildly food insecure when facing uncertainty …
Sustainable Food and Agriculture | Food and Agriculture …
Sustainable food and agriculture (SFA) contributes to all four pillars of food security – availability, access, utilization and stability – and the dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social and economic). FAO promotes SFA to help countries worldwide achieve Zero Hunger and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The State of Food and Agriculture - Publications
The State of Food and Agriculture 2024 builds on the findings of the 2023 edition, delving deeper into the use of true cost accounting assessments of agrifood systems and identifying policy interventions aimed at transformation.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
2021 offers a unique opportunity for advancing food security and nutrition through transforming food systems with the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit, the Nutrition for Growth Summit and the COP26 on climate change.
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FAO’s “Wikiproject for a United Nations of knowledge” submission awarded as Best Practice by Expo Osaka 2025
Statistics Division (ESS) | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization …
The FAO Statistics Division (ESS) serves as the foremost authoritative source of reliable data, standards and methods on food and agriculture – as per Article I of the FAO Constitution – contributing evidence-based information for a world free from hunger.