News
Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
22/08/2025
FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition
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News
Gaza Strip: 98.5 percent of cropland unavailable for cultivation as famine looms
09/08/2025
Food production cannot be reactivated without a significant shift in accessibility, safety, investments and support for local communities and livelihoods
Highlights
Farming through drought
With seeds, knowledge, and collective action, families like Evarito and Fazminha’s are cultivating food, confidence and resilience in the face of the climate crisis
Providing life-saving assistance in crisis-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
20/08/2025
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, escalating violence is worsening the food crisis.
Diversifying livelihoods to build resilience in Somalia
22/05/2025
A documentation video of the project “UN Joint Action for Building Resilience in Somalia" funded from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the KfW Development Bank and implemented in southern Somalia over multiple phases.
In focus
Anticipatory action
FAO is forging a way for a faster, more effective humanitarian system by shifting from disaster response to anticipation.
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In focus
Climate action
Actions to make agriculture sustainable are among the most effective measures to help nations adapt to and mitigate climate change.
Key publications
Cameroon: Reducing humanitarian needs in the Far North by scaling up anticipatory actions
04/08/2025
In Cameroon, the Far North region is grappling with a worsening multidimensional crisis – climatic, humanitarian and security-related – that severely undermines peoples' food security.
Bangladesh: Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Joint Response Plan 2025
21/07/2025
Political upheaval, climate-induced disasters and high food prices are driving a worsening humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh, with nearly 16 million people facing high acute food insecurity.
Hunger Hotspots - FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: June to October 2025 outlook
16/06/2025
In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to worsen across 13 countries and territories identified as hotspots, during the outlook period from June to October 2025.