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Today we're talking spinach & #StatsTrivia!
According to #FAOSTAT, 2024🌏spinach production = 30.7 million tons. 95.7% of that production in Asia.
Top🔟🌏spinach producers:
1⃣ China🇨🇳
2⃣ USA🇺🇸
3⃣ Kenya🇰🇪
4⃣ Turkiye🇹🇷
5⃣ Japan🇯🇵
6⃣🇮🇩7⃣🇲🇾8⃣🇮🇹9⃣🇮🇷🔟🇧🇪
#DYK #FAOSTAT provides FREE access to food & agriculture data for over 245 countries & territories from 1961 to the most recent year available?
🤔Want to explore the data, but don't know how? Try this tutorial! youtube.com/watch?v=LdF6mHYM…
Or dive in👇
📊fao.org/faostat/en/#home
New survey brief from @FAOStatistics & @WorldBank under @50x2030 highlights key findings on agricultural holdings in Benin during ag season 2024/25.
Explore indicators on agricultural land, crop output & yields, input use, gender gaps & food security
📊openknowledge.fao.org/items/…
The #FOLOU final event is this Friday, 30 October (TODAY!), in Barcelona.
Register to join FAO and partners to discover key findings, exchange insights and discuss the way forward in tackling food loss in primary production.
📝 folou.eu/events/save-the-dat…
#FoodLoss
🎶 Yes, we have no bananas!🎶
Not just a catchy tune, 🍌are today's #StatsTrivia
Per #FAOSTAT, 2024🌏🍌 production = 139.4 M tons, 52.4% of that production in Asia
Top🔟🌏🍌producers:
1⃣ India🇮🇳 (37.6M!)
2⃣ China🇨🇳
3⃣ Indonesia🇮🇩
4⃣ Ecuador🇪🇨
5⃣ Brazil🇧🇷
6⃣🇳🇬7⃣🇵🇭8⃣🇦🇴9⃣🇹🇿🔟🇬🇹
How can farmers of all sizes use AI to be productive? I propose sticking to a simple principle of AI governance: the higher the potential for harm, the greater the need for caution.
ft.com/content/41acd923-d0ca…
The #FOLOU final event is this Friday, 30 October, in Barcelona!
Register to join FAO and partners to discover key findings, exchange insights and discuss the way forward in tackling food loss in primary production.
📝 folou.eu/events/save-the-dat…
#FoodLoss
🆕 pulp and paper capacities data on #FAOSTAT!
The 2026 edition covers 43 countries, representing 88% of global pulp/paper production, w/data spanning 2020–2027. It offers valuable insights into trends & developments in the global pulp & paper sector.
fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FOP
FAO Statistics retweeted
📡🌽 From satellite data to early action!
FAO & the University of Valencia have successfully concluded a 2-day ARYA training in Harare🇿🇼, equipping experts with skills to forecast maize yields up to 12 weeks before harvest.
Better forecasts. Earlier action. Stronger resilience
The new #SOFI2026 is out!
The 2026 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report : Understanding and addressing the high cost of a healthy diet 🍽️
Download your copy to learn more about moderate or severe food insecurity figures👇
📙doi.org/10.4060/cd8306en
FAO Statistics retweeted
🛰️🌽 What if we could forecast maize yields up to 12 weeks before harvest?
FAO and the University of Valencia are training Zimbabwean experts in the ARYA system, using satellite data to strengthen crop monitoring and food security planning. 🇿🇼
#EarlyWarning #ESTELLA
Latin America prepares for 2030 Round of agricultural censuses
At 25th meeting of Executive Committee of Statistical Conference of the Americas of @CEPAL, @FAOstatistics shared experiences, best practices & common challenges to strengthen agricultural censuses across the region.
FAO Statistics retweeted
This week, @NGfmafs, @FAO, @WFP, @UNICEF, @CILSSinfos & stakeholder commence consolidation of the October 2026 #CadreHarmonise analysis. The unified tool classifies acute food insecurity levels across 5 standard phases to guide early warning & emergency response by @NigeriaGov.
Can AI build more resilient food systems for🌍’s most vulnerable people?
@FAOstatistics joined AI Collaborative: Food Security Summit in NY to advance solutions for earlier hunger forecasting, climate-resilient crops & AI tools for smallholder farmers
📊aicfoodsecurity.org
Today we're talking spinach & #StatsTrivia!
According to #FAOSTAT, 2024🌏spinach production = 30.7 million tons. 95.7% of that production in Asia.
Top🔟🌏spinach producers:
1⃣ China🇨🇳
2⃣ USA🇺🇸
3⃣ Kenya🇰🇪
4⃣ Turkiye🇹🇷
5⃣ Japan🇯🇵
6⃣🇮🇩7⃣🇲🇾8⃣🇮🇹9⃣🇮🇷🔟🇧🇪
New research by @FAOstatistics in the Journal of Nutrition introduces the #FAOSTAT Food & Diet Domain: the world's first global platform for harmonized dietary data - a new resource that supports evidence-based policymaking for #FoodSecurity & nutrition
📘openknowledge.fao.org/handle…
FAO Statistics retweeted
🌻 Türkiye, ayçiçeği tohumu üretiminde dünyada ilk 5 ülke arasında! 🇹🇷
📊 FAOSTAT verilerine göre 2024 yılında dünyada 52 milyon ton ayçiçeği tohumu üretildi. Küresel üretimin %72’si Avrupa’da gerçekleşirken Türkiye, en büyük 5. üretici oldu.
Let's brighten your day with 🌻🌻 & #StatsTrivia!
According to #FAOSTAT, 2024 sunflower seed production was 52 million tons, 72% of that production in Europe.
Top🔟🌍🌻 seed producers:
1⃣ Russia🇷🇺
2⃣ Ukraine🇺🇦
3⃣ Argentina🇦🇷
4⃣ China 🇨🇳
5⃣ Turkiye🇹🇷
6⃣🇰🇿7⃣🇭🇺8⃣🇧🇬9⃣🇷🇴🔟🇫🇷
New survey brief from @FAOStatistics & @WorldBank under @50x2030 highlights key findings on agricultural holdings in the household sector in Mali during 2023/24 ag season. Explore indicators on land use, crop production, livestock, inputs & labor 🌾🐄
📊openknowledge.fao.org/items/…
Let's brighten your day with 🌻🌻 & #StatsTrivia!
According to #FAOSTAT, 2024 sunflower seed production was 52 million tons, 72% of that production in Europe.
Top🔟🌍🌻 seed producers:
1⃣ Russia🇷🇺
2⃣ Ukraine🇺🇦
3⃣ Argentina🇦🇷
4⃣ China 🇨🇳
5⃣ Turkiye🇹🇷
6⃣🇰🇿7⃣🇭🇺8⃣🇧🇬9⃣🇷🇴🔟🇫🇷
FAO Statistics retweeted
🌾 Ukraine has deposited 773 seed samples from 10 crop collections in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. This builds on work by FAO and partners, with EU funding, to safeguard the country's crop diversity and help strengthen global food security for generations to come.
