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Highligths: Area planted with cereals in 2024/25 is estimated to be 2.9 percent below the previous five-year average, due to below-average rainfall amounts at planting time, farmers'...

At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), a joint FAO/WFP CFSAM visited the country from 15 to 28 July 2024 to estimate the 2024 crop production, identify factors that affected...

Implementation of the draft compact will directly contribute to achieving the goals and priorities set out in the national strategic development plan II 2018-19- 2022-23 and the comprehensive national...

The annual FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) was conducted from 3 to 14 December 2023 to estimate the annual cereal production during 2023...

These reports describe the food supply and agricultural situation in countries or subregions experiencing particular food supply difficulties. They also alert the international community on measures...

Crops and pasture benefited from favourable rainfall and irrigation conditions in 2022/23, while access to farming inputs improved compared to the previous year and the impact of natural hazards on field...

FAO’s latest forecast for world cereal production in 2022 has been raised by 8.3 million tonnes (0.3 percent) this month to 2 765 million tonnes...

Grain self-sufficiency (GSS) is gaining increased attention throughout the world, and this holds particularly true for China. This study, therefore, investigated spatial and temporal patterns of GSS at the county...

FAO assesses that globally 45 countries, including 34 in Africa and 9 in Asia, are in need of external assistance for food. Conflicts and climate-related shocks are critical factors...

Unlike in almost every year since 2013, the annual joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) in the Syrian Arab Republic was not conducted...