The world food import bill is estimated to rise to US$1.94 trillion in 2022, higher than previously expected, according to the new FAO’s Food Outlook. The new forecast would mark an all-time high and a 10-percent increase over the record level of 2021, although the pace of the increase is expected to slow down in response to higher world food prices and depreciating currencies against the United States dollar. 

FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of commonly-traded food commodities, remained stable in October, with rising cereal prices more than offset by declines in quotations for other staple. To access benchmark export quotations of various foodstuffs and national retail/wholesale prices of foods please visit FAO’s Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) Tool.

The AMIS Market Monitor provides a synopsis of major developments in international commodity markets,  focusing on wheat, maize, rice and soybeans. The latest edition of the Market Monitor also includes a feature article on the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the concerns related to Russia's recent - albeit temporary - withdrawal from the agreement.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) belong to all of us. But amid resurgent conflict, climate havoc, and social and health crises, we risk losing sight of them. Even so, they represent our best shot at a better future for people and planet. This publication shows how FAO and its partners continue to work for the achievement of the SDGs, project by project, field by field, and country by country.

This paper proposes an innovative approach to estimating variability in nutrient intake, using food data collected in household consumption and expenditure surveys to estimate the prevalence of nutrient inadequacy in a country. This method builds on the approach developed by FAO to estimate the parameter of inequality used in calculation of the Prevalence of Undernourishment (SDG indicator 2.1.1).

“Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2022” presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals, highlighting the long road ahead to achieve gender equality. It emphasizes the interlinkages among the goals, the pivotal force gender equality plays in driving progress across the SDGs, and women and girls’ central role in leading the way forward.

On 16 November, FAO joined forces with the African Centre for Statistics, the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank to celebrate the 2022 African Statistics Day. The theme for this year was “Strengthening data systems by modernizing the production and use of agricultural statistics: informing policies with a view to improving resilience in agriculture, nutrition, and food security in Africa”.