Tag: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 09:04 UTC

  FAO estimates record global cereal production in 2025/2026

  

  FAO also released a new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, forecasting a record global cereal production of 2 911 million tons in 2025, up 2.1 percent from 2024. World cereal utilization is forecast to increase by 0.8 percent in 2025/26, reaching 2 898 million tons.

• Monday, June 9th 2025 - 20:18 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index dips in May amid lower cereal, sugar and vegetable oil prices

  

  The benchmark of world food commodity prices dropped in May as marked declines in international quotations for maize and palm oil outweighed historically high prices for butter and bovine meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  The cephalopods market faces tight supply and rising prices, FAO report

  

  The global cephalopods market is under increasing strain as tight supply continues in early 2025. Reduced landings in key producing regions, adverse weather, and extra tariff barriers are contributing to upward pressure on cephalopod prices across major international markets, reports FAO’s Mohamed Hammi.

• Monday, May 5th 2025 - 20:40 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index increases in April, cereals, meat and dairy lead the tendency

  

  The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices increased in April, driven by higher quotations for major cereals, meat and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 18:03 UTC

  International Mother Earth Day, FAO launches new climate change website

  

  Protecting our planet from the climate crisis through sustainable agri-food systems is fundamental if we are to ensure food security for the world’s rapidly growing population.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 10:37 UTC

  Avian Influenza, new ten-year strategy coordinated by FAO and Animal Health Organization

  

  In response to the evolving global ecological and epidemiological landscape, FAO and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) have unveiled a new ten-year strategy aimed at preventing and controlling High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI).

• Friday, March 14th 2025 - 19:42 UTC

  FAO: Coffee production down brings prices up to all-time high

  

  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report on Friday stating that global coffee prices hit a 13-year high in December last year, driven by reduced production in major exporting countries due to adverse weather.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

  The FAO Food Price Index in February was up, boosted by sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil demand

  

  The benchmark for global food commodity prices rose in February, propelled by increases in sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil prices, according to the new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 20:14 UTC

  Uruguay quality beef complies with EU demands on deforestation, sustainability and traceability

  

  The protein consumption of Uruguayans has averaged some 95 kilos per person, a few more kilos than back in 1918, when after reaching a peak of 87, had begun to fall. Of the total 95 kilos, 46 have been beef, with the rest chicken and pork, according to Conrado Ferber, head of the Uruguay National Meats Institute, INAC.

• Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

  Mendoza and Newcastle win the FAO Green Cities Initiative Awards

  

  FAO presented Mendoza in Argentina and Newcastle in the United Kingdom with its first-ever Green Cities Initiative Awards during a special event for its Green Cities Initiative, GCI.