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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🇷🇴🔟🇫🇷
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FAO Ukraine
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🌾 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.
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Wonderful to see #FoodLoss measurement being placed from and center in the Pacific region. Congrats to @FAOPacific for your commitment to improving data & statistics on regional food loss. 👏👏
FAO Pacific@FAOPacificOct 23
From 19–23 Oct, FAO brought together statisticians & agriculture officials from 13 Pacific Island countries in Apia, Samoa, to strengthen food loss measurement 📊 Better data = smarter action 🌱 Every bit of food saved counts! 🔗 fao.org/asiapacific/events/e…
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Take a look at this new @FAOstatistics paper in @ESSD_journal “FAO estimates of net forest emissions and removals, 1990–2025” Available in #OpenAccess 🌲🌳openknowledge.fao.org/handle…
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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/…
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We know you ♥️ #StatsTrivia as much as we do, so let's delve into 🥥 stats! Per #FAOSTAT, 2024 🌏 coconut🥥 production = 65 M tons, 84.2% from Asia Top 🔟🌏🥥producers: 1⃣ Indonesia 2⃣ India 3⃣ Philippines 4⃣ Brazil 5⃣ Viet Nam 6⃣ Sri Lanka 7⃣ Myanmar8⃣ PNG 9⃣ Mexico🔟Thailand
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New survey brief from @FAOStatistics & @WorldBank under @50x2030 highlights key findings on agricultural holdings in Zambia during the 2023/24 agricultural season. Explore indicators on land, crop production, livestock, inputs, gender and labour 🌾🐄 📊openknowledge.fao.org/items/…
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Costa Rica strengthens forest transparency with the publication of its first National Forest Inventory (#NFI) cycle in FAO’s FAM Catalogue, improving access to key forest data for monitoring and policymaking. 📊fao.org/in-action/boosting-t…
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If you're a statistician looking for new opportunities, we @FAOstatistics have opportunities for you to join us! Statistician (Agricultural Censuses) P4 jobs.fao.org/careersection/f… Statistician (Food Security and Nutrition Statistics) P3 jobs.fao.org/careersection/f… Deadline: 23 Oct
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👓Have you read 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 of #SOFI2026 today 👇 📙doi.org/10.4060/cd8306en
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We love to see it! #AgriculturalStatistics capacity building training underway in Nigeria 🇳🇬! Better statistical training > Better/more reliable statistical gathering> More robust national data> Better agricultural policies & priority setting. 💚🤍💚
FAO Nigeria
@FAONigeriaOct 22
Building capacity for more reliable agricultural statistics in #Nigeria🇳🇬! @FAO's two-day joint field exercise strengthened practical skills in crop-cutting techniques, to improve yield estimation and agricultural data collection. @FmardNg @NBS_Nigeria @FAOstatistics
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@FAONigeriaOct 22
Building capacity for more reliable agricultural statistics in #Nigeria🇳🇬! @FAO's two-day joint field exercise strengthened practical skills in crop-cutting techniques, to improve yield estimation and agricultural data collection. @FmardNg @NBS_Nigeria @FAOstatistics
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Take a look at this new @FAOstatistics paper in @ESSD_journal “FAO estimates of net forest emissions and removals, 1990–2025” Available in #OpenAccess 🌲🌳openknowledge.fao.org/handle…
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Let's brighten your day with some #StatsTrivia Today we're spotlighting artichokes. According to #FAOSTAT, 2024 🌍 artichoke production = 1.7 M tons Top 🔟producers: 1⃣ Egypt 2⃣ Italy 3⃣ Spain 4⃣ Algeria 5⃣ Peru 6⃣ China | 7⃣ Morocco | 8⃣ Turkiye | 9⃣ USA | 🔟Argentina
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SDG2030
@SDG2030Oct 21
.@FAO's 🌏 Program for the Census of Agriculture celebrates European Statistics Day! For nearly 100 years, agricultural censuses have tracked changes in European agriculture & informed better decisions on food security & policies. #EurStatsDay
FAO Statistics
@FAOstatisticsOct 20
.@FAO's 🌏 Program for the Census of Agriculture celebrates European Statistics Day! For nearly 100 years, agricultural censuses have tracked changes in European agriculture & informed better decisions on food security & policies. 📊fao.org/world-census-agricul… #EurStatsDay
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Registration is now open for the 6th UN World Data Forum! Join FAO and partners as part of a global dialogue on strengthening the role of data and statistics in building a more sustainable future. 🗓️9–12 November 2026 🌍Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 📌unstats.un.org/unsd/undatafo…
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27 countries, 27 agricultural censuses! All EU Member States participated in the #WCA2020 round. Shared WCA concepts and standards help make agricultural statistics more coherent and internationally comparable across Europe. fao.org/world-census-agricul… #AgCensus #EurStatsDay
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If you're a statistician looking for new opportunities, we @FAOstatistics have opportunities for you to join us! Statistician (Agricultural Censuses) P4 jobs.fao.org/careersection/f… Statistician (Food Security and Nutrition Statistics) P3 jobs.fao.org/careersection/f… Deadline: 23 Oct
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On European Statistics Day, great reminder that @FAO & @EU_Eurostat reinforced their partnership to advance official statistics, improve data quality, promote international standards and reduce reporting burdens on EU Member States. 📊fao.org/statistics/highlight… #EurStatsDay
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.@FAO's 🌏 Program for the Census of Agriculture celebrates European Statistics Day! For nearly 100 years, agricultural censuses have tracked changes in European agriculture & informed better decisions on food security & policies. 📊fao.org/world-census-agricul… #EurStatsDay
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