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Book (stand-alone)Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 2025FAO completed its first assessment of the world’s forest resources in 1948. Since then, the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) has evolved into a comprehensive evaluation of forest resources and their condition, management and uses, covering all the thematic elements of sustainable forest management. This, the latest of these assessments, examines the status of, and trends in, forest resources over the period 1990–2025, drawing on the efforts of hundreds of experts worldwide. The results of FRA 2025 are available in several formats, including this report, an interactive story on key findings and an online database at https://fra-data.fao.org.
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Book (series)The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025
Addressing high food price inflation for food security and nutrition
2025While some progress and recovery have been made in recent years, the world is still above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels and far from eradicating hunger and food insecurity by 2030 (SDG Target 2.1). Similarly, despite some progress in the global nutrition targets, the world is not on track to achieve SDG Target 2.2. Among other factors, persistent food price inflation has slowed this momentum.The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 highlights how elevated inflation in many countries has undermined purchasing power and, especially among low-income populations, access to healthy diets. The report documents how high food price inflation is associated with increases in food insecurity and child malnutrition. Vulnerable groups, including low-income households, women, and rural communities, can be particularly affected by food price inflation, risking setbacks in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.In response to these challenges and to prevent future price shocks, the report examines policy measures adopted by countries, and outlines what is necessary going forwards. It stresses the importance of coherent implementation of fiscal and monetary policies to stabilize markets, promote open and resilient trade, and protect vulnerable populations. Additionally, it calls for better data systems and sustained investment in resilient agrifood systems to build long-term food security and nutrition. These coordinated actions are vital to reignite progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030. -
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Book (stand-alone)Artificial intelligence for food safety
A literature synthesis, real-world applications and regulatory frameworks
2025Also available in:
No results found.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly applied in food safety management, offering new capabilities in data analysis, predictive modelling, and risk-based decision-making. A review of the literature identifies three primary areas of application: scientific advice, inspection and border control, and operational activities of food safety competent authorities. Five country examples with the real-world use cases illustrate diverse uses of AI tools, including pathogen detection, import sampling prioritization, and language models for regulatory data processing. Regulatory frameworks, as well as voluntary governance, addressing AI in the public sector are emerging worldwide. National and international initiatives often highlight the importance of data governance, transparency, ethical considerations, and human oversight. Challenges such as biased data, explainability, and data governance gaps appear across different contexts, along with potential risks from deploying AI systems prematurely. Access to high-quality, interoperable data and collaboration among stakeholders can support effective integration of AI technologies. AI readiness often depends on understanding specific problems to be addressed, current capacities, and the quality of available data. Human oversight and continuous evaluation contribute to maintaining trust in AI systems. Collaborative efforts involving academia, the private sector, and international organizations help build shared knowledge and resources for AI development in food safety. Overall, AI presents opportunities to enhance resilience, efficiency, and responsiveness in food safety systems. Careful consideration of governance, data management, and multi-stakeholder cooperation can shape AI’s contribution to achieving sustainable and equitable outcomes in agrifood systems.
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Book (series)Proxy approach for status and trend assessments of productive and sustainable agriculture 2025
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No results found.Effective monitoring of the current status and progress of productive and sustainable agriculture is essential for policymakers and researchers. While efforts to implement the farm-level Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 2.4.1 – the proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture – are ongoing, current data availability is insufficient for global assessments.Building on earlier monitoring efforts to assess progress towards sustainable agriculture, and following consultations with countries, a proxy approach based on existing national data has now been developed and approved to address these data and reporting gaps. This paper discusses the underlying reporting mechanisms of the seven constituent subindicators of the proxy approach and presents the most recent observations at the global and regional levels. The proxy approach has its own limitations, as it does not capture all the farm-level indicators included in the original methodology. However, it can be used for comparisons with other ongoing efforts, and it can be further improved for a more accurate portrayal of sustainable agriculture. -
BookletRépublique démocratique du Congo: Bulletin sur l'assistance agricole d’urgence DIEM-Suivi
cycle 10, juillet 2025
2025Also available in:
No results found.Ce bulletin sur l'aide agricole d'urgence présente les résultats du dixième cycle de suivi de Données en situation d'urgence (DIEM-Suivi), mené en République démocratique du Congo en juin et juillet 2025. Il fournit aux acteurs humanitaires une analyse approfondie axée sur les ménages agricoles afin de cibler les interventions visant à soutenir les moyens d'existence et à renforcer la résilience face aux chocs futurs, protégeant ainsi la sécurité alimentaire des populations rurales. L'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture a mis en place DIEM-Suivi en juin 2020. Les données sont collectées plusieurs fois par an, dans les pays en situation d'insécurité alimentaire, par les enquêteurs DIEM lors d'entretiens téléphoniques assistés par ordinateur et d'enquêtes en face à face. Ces données couvrent les chocs, les moyens d'existence agricoles, la sécurité alimentaire et les besoins des ménages. Elles sont régulièrement mises à jour et facilement accessibles sur la plateforme DIEM. Les produits DIEM comprennent des tableaux de bord, des cartes, des bulletins et des données agrégées, qui permettent aux partenaires et aux parties prenantes de mettre en œuvre des mesures d'atténuation et de cibler les ménages vulnérables. -
BookletUsing the living wage and business calculator for young agri-entrepreneurs in the Gambia
Handbook
2025Also available in:
No results found.The agricultural sector, which employs over 70 percent of the Gambia’s workforce, is a key driver of economic growth and a promising avenue for youth-led micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The living wage and business calculator is a user-friendly, spreadsheet-based tool designed to help young agri-entrepreneurs estimate costs, revenues and risks for sustainable agribusinesses. This brief provides step-by-step instructions for using the calculator, tailored to 2025 rural conditions, with a living wage benchmark of GMD 18 518 per month, This number is informed by focus group discussions with young agri-entrepreneurs and a light application of the Anker Methodology, a tool used for estimating a sufficient wage for a decent standard of living. -
Book (series)Environmental inhibitors in agrifood systems
Considerations for food safety risk assessment
2025Also available in:
No results found.Transforming agrifood systems is key to meeting the growing global food demand while reducing agriculture’s environmental impact. Environmental inhibitors can help reduce methane emissions from farming sectors like livestock and rice cultivation, and the loss of nitrogen from farmlands. While not yet in widespread use, methanogenesis inhibitors, nitrification inhibitors and urease inhibitors, are being explored for their capacity to both increase nitrogen use efficiency and reduce the impact of agriculture on climate change.Although various environmental inhibitors are currently in development, with some already in use across markets, potential food safety risks from residues in food products have not always been fully addressed. This publication proposes a food safety risk assessment process for environmental inhibitors addressing potential residue uptake and transfer into crops intended for human consumption and foods of animal origin. -
Book (stand-alone)Manuel de l’élaboration des équations allométriques des arbres des principales espèces forestières de la Tunisie 2025
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No results found.Ce guide sur l’élaboration d’équations allométriques de biomasse est spécifiquement conçu pour les cadres de la Direction générale des forêts tunisiennes, qu’ils soient techniciens, ingénieurs ou chercheurs œuvrant dans l’évaluation des ressources forestières, notamment le volume, la biomasse et les stocks de carbone. Toutefois, il est également destiné à tous les utilisateurs, qu’ils soient techniciens, chercheurs ou étudiants travaillant dans l’évaluation des ressources forestières. Ces informations sont couramment utilisées à des fins commerciales, de bioénergie ou de lutte contre les changements climatiques. Les méthodes exposées dans ce rapport sont adaptées aux forêts tunisiennes ainsi qu’à des zones écologiques similaires, mais elles peuvent également être appliquées dans d’autres contextes. Ce rapport est divisé en quatre parties: saisie et nettoyage des données, échantillonnage et stratification, exploration graphique et statistique des données, et développement des équations allométriques. Il aborde divers aspects liés à la construction d’équations allométriques, depuis la collecte d’échantillons sur le terrain jusqu’à l’analyse des données, en passant par l’exploration graphique des données, le calibrage des modèles et leur utilisation pour les prévisions.