The article "Assessing and Addressing the Global State of Food Production Data Scarcity" by Endalkachew Abebe Kebede et al. highlights the critical importance of reliable, regularly collected, accessible, usable, and spatially disaggregated food production data for achieving sustainable development goals. The authors identify significant global variations in data timeliness, granularity, and transparency, with livestock and aquatic food production facing the most pronounced challenges. These challenges are concentrated in Central America, the Middle East, and Africa due to inconsistent census implementation and reliance on self-reporting. The article emphasizes that solutions must include technological and policy innovations, such as fusing traditional and emerging data-gathering techniques with coordinated governance and dedicated long-term financing. The authors also discuss the current state of food production data, including crop, livestock, and aquatic food production, and outline key technical, institutional, and policy obstacles. They propose promising pathways forward, such as improving data collection methods, enhancing data governance, and securing enduring financial support to overcome current data deficiencies.The article "Assessing and Addressing the Global State of Food Production Data Scarcity" by Endalkachew Abebe Kebede et al. highlights the critical importance of reliable, regularly collected, accessible, usable, and spatially disaggregated food production data for achieving sustainable development goals. The authors identify significant global variations in data timeliness, granularity, and transparency, with livestock and aquatic food production facing the most pronounced challenges. These challenges are concentrated in Central America, the Middle East, and Africa due to inconsistent census implementation and reliance on self-reporting. The article emphasizes that solutions must include technological and policy innovations, such as fusing traditional and emerging data-gathering techniques with coordinated governance and dedicated long-term financing. The authors also discuss the current state of food production data, including crop, livestock, and aquatic food production, and outline key technical, institutional, and policy obstacles. They propose promising pathways forward, such as improving data collection methods, enhancing data governance, and securing enduring financial support to overcome current data deficiencies.