FAOSTAT MCP

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add faostat-mcp -e FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN=... -e FAOSTAT_USERNAME=... -e FAOSTAT_PASSWORD=... -- uvx faostat-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faostat-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "faostat-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN": "...",
        "FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "...",
        "FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

FAOSTAT data for 245 countries: crops, trade, food security, and emissions via 21 MCP tools.

Questions

FAOSTAT MCP is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package faostat-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add faostat-mcp -e FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN=... -e FAOSTAT_USERNAME=... -e FAOSTAT_PASSWORD=... -- uvx faostat-mcp

Run: codex mcp add faostat-mcp --env FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN=... --env FAOSTAT_USERNAME=... --env FAOSTAT_PASSWORD=... -- uvx faostat-mcp

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