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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)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 World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
Blue Transformation in action
2024The 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture features the Blue Transformation in action, illustrated by activities and initiatives, led by FAO in collaboration with Members, partners and key stakeholders, to integrate aquatic foods into global food security and sustainability, enhance policy advocacy, scientific research and capacity building, disseminate sustainable practices and technological innovations, and support community involvement. Part 1 of this edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture benefits from significant improvements in data collection, analytical and assessment tools and methodologies to present the most up-to-date review of world fisheries and aquaculture production and utilization. Part 2 highlights the role of FAO and its partners to catalyse the transformational changes required to support aquaculture expansion and intensification, effective management of global fisheries and upgrading of aquatic value chains. Part 3 covers the high-impact challenges and opportunities of the untapped potential of utilizing whole fish and by-products to improve food security and nutrition, expounds on the role of aquatic food systems in providing critical climate, biodiversity and environmentally sound solutions, and highlights the importance of their integration into national and multilateral processes. It also presents an outlook on future trends up to 2032 based on projections. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 provides the most up-to-date and evidence-based information, supporting policy, scientific and technical insights on challenges, opportunities and innovations shaping the present and future of the sector, for the benefit of a wide and expanding audience of policymakers, managers, scientists, fishers, farmers, traders, civil society activists and consumers. -
Book (stand-alone)零饥饿计划：巴西的经验 20132 0 0 1 年10月，巴西总统候选人路易斯 ? 伊纳西奥 ? 卢拉 ? 达席尔瓦提出“零饥饿计划 ― 一项巴西粮食安全政策提案”，这份计划体现了对粮食安全和消除饥饿的讨论与建议的成熟化，将成为全社会参与其中、有计划有目的的国家目标与行动。2003年卢拉当选为巴西总统，零饥饿计划随即成为指导经济和社会政策的国家主要战略，是冲破巴西经济社会政策二元论藩篱的标志。政府开始采取一些列措施，将结构性政策整合为应急性政策，以对抗饥饿，消除贫困。新型差别化家庭农业政策已经实施，国家粮食安全与营养政策基本立法也开始起草。本书是NEAD特别系列的一部分，其包含一系列主要文章，有助于人们从不同角度了解巴西零饥饿计划八年的实施历程。本汇编阐述了一系列主题，如社会各阶层的动员，家庭农业的作用，最新研究进展和所面临的挑战等。
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Book (stand-alone)Hunger Hotspots
FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: November 2025 to May 2026 outlook
2025Also available in:
No results found.In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to worsen across 16 countries and territories identified as hotspots between November 2025 and May 2026, prompting an early warning for urgent humanitarian action in these identified hunger hotspots.The Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain at the highest concern level, and Yemen has been elevated to hotspot of highest concern. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar and Nigeria remain hotspots of very high concern. Somalia and the Syrian Arab Republic have been elevated to this category, together with Afghanistan, which has re-entered the list of hotspots following its last appearance in November 2023. Burkina Faso and Chad remain hotspots, with Kenya and the situation of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh added to the list.Armed conflict and violence remain the primary driver of acute food insecurity, and global economic fragility, high debt burdens and uneven recovery are also expected to continue deepening acute food insecurity across several hotspots. Weather extremes and increased climate variability are further exacerbating acute food insecurity. By late 2025, the international community faces a narrowing window of opportunity to prevent mass starvation and widespread deaths. Famines are never inevitable – they are almost always foreseeable and preventable. Famine prevention requires greater coherence in political commitments, funding allocations and interventions along the humanitarian–development–peace nexus. Against this background, funding for food, emergency agriculture and nutrition assistance remains critically insufficient. This threatens to deepen acute food insecurity and malnutrition, and to leave millions without life-saving support. In this context, targeted humanitarian action is urgently needed to save lives and livelihoods across all hunger hotspots and is critical in those of highest concern to prevent starvation and further loss of life. At the same time, substantially greater investment in anticipatory action is needed to mitigate emerging needs and reduce the impact of disasters.The report focuses on the most severe and deteriorating acute hunger situations, but it does not represent all countries and territories experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity. -
Book (series)Update on scientific findings on the interactions between agriculture, food systems and climate change 2025
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No results found.This White Paper reports on the latest scientific findings related to agriculture, food systems and climate change. It builds on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) SpecialReport on Climate Change and Land and the contributions of Working Groups II and II to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2019, 2022a, 2022b). Although not exhaustive, it examineswhat is new (since 2018) and what still needs to be researched in terms of agriculture and agrifood systems1, as well as the impacts, adaptation and mitigation of climate change.The paper aims to bring together, in one place, information that can be used by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), other United Nations agencies, the globalresearch community and the IPCC. One objective is to synthesize information that could inform future IPCC reports on interactions between agriculture, food systems and climate change.The paper will inform the agenda and discussion topics for a meeting of the IPCC to be held at FAO headquarters in Rome in 2026. -
Book (stand-alone)Gender-responsive digital extension and advisory services in Bangladesh and India 2025
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No results found.Digital technologies are rapidly transforming how agricultural knowledge and services are delivered, offering promising avenues to bridge gaps in access to information, markets, and decision-making for rural populations. In South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and India, digital extension and advisory services (EAS) are increasingly being adopted to support smallholder farmers. However, these innovations often fail to adequately account for gender-based disparities in access, use, and benefit. This risks the further exclusion of women from agrifood system opportunities.Despite their central role in agriculture, rural women in both countries continue to face systemic challenges, including limited land ownership, low digital literacy, mobility restrictions, and social norms that hinder their participation in extension services. The gender digital divide, which is further widened by lower mobile phone ownership and internet use among women, remains a major barrier to realizing the full potential of digital EAS in supporting equitable and inclusive agricultural development.This study examines the gender responsiveness of digital extension and advisory services in Bangladesh and India. It draws on literature reviews, stakeholder surveys, and field research with women farmers and service providers. By applying a conceptual framework that evaluates five dimensions (access, relevance, needs assessment, intentionality, and learning mechanisms), the study analyzes both enabling environments and practical interventions that shape women’s digital engagement in agriculture. -
Book (series)Crop Prospects and Food Situation
Triannual Global Report, No. 3, November 2025
2025Also available in:
No results found.The triannual Crop Prospects and Food Situation report provides a forward-looking global analysis of cereal production, market trends and acute food security conditions, with a particular attention on low-income food-deficit countries.FAO assesses that 41 countries require external assistance for food, including 31 in Africa, eight in Asia, one in Latin America and the Caribbean, and one in Europe, are in need of external assistance for food. Persisting conflicts and insecurity remain the primary drivers of the most severe levels of acute food insecurity.The report also includes FAO's latest forecast for cereal production among the Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), which stands at 151.6 million tonnes in 2025, slightly down on the previous year, but 4 percent above the previous five-year average. -
Book (series)Directives relatives à la lutte durable contre les tiques et à la gestion de la résistance aux acaricides dans le secteur de l’élevage 2025Les présentes directives constituent un document de référence complet sur la luttecontre les tiques et la gestion de la résistance aux acaricides dans le secteur del’élevage. L’accent y est mis sur le problème croissant que soulève la résistance auxacaricides observée dans des régions variées. On trouvera dans ce document desinformations détaillées sur la biologie des tiques, les produits chimiques de synthèsedisponibles pour lutter contre les tiques, et les mécanismes de la résistance auxacaricides. L’importance que revêt la surveillance régulière des populations detiques et des niveaux de résistance pour éclairer l’élaboration de stratégies de lutteplus efficaces est particulièrement soulignée. Pour contrer cette résistance, il estrecommandé de recourir à une gestion intégrée des tiques, c’est-à-dire d’adopter unedémarche globale conjuguant traitements chimiques et méthodes non chimiques.Cette stratégie vise à réduire l’utilisation des acaricides, contribuant ainsi à ralentir ledéveloppement de résistances et à réduire autant que possible les risques potentielspour l’environnement et la santé publique. De plus, les directives mettent en lumièrela nécessité de mettre en place des cadres réglementaires solides, de nature à assurerla qualité, la sécurité sanitaire et l’efficacité des produits de lutte contre les tiques.En conclusion, ces directives donnent un aperçu exhaustif des difficultés soulevéespar la lutte contre les tiques et la résistance aux acaricides, ainsi que des stratégiesà mettre en oeuvre pour les surmonter. L’adoption de pratiques durables et lapoursuite des travaux de recherche y sont encouragées pour améliorer la santé etla productivité des troupeaux tout en réduisant les risques liés aux infestations detiques et aux maladies qu’elles transmettent.