
News
Rebuilding in earthquake-hit Afghanistan
03/10/2025
FAO supports rapid agricultural recovery ahead of winter

News
Haiti: FAO and CERF launch emergency initiative to bolster rural food security amid climatic shocks, deportations and mass displacement
18/09/2025
Cash, seeds, fodder, and training will save lives and help communities rebuild 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
FAO restores irrigation water to 11 thousand hectares of land in Ar-Rastan, Syria
16/02/2023
FAO’s European Union-funded Smallholder Support Programme has rehabilitated Ar-Rastan irrigation network in rural Homs, restoring irrigation water for 11 000 hectares of land, with direct benefiting 20 000 farming households in the area, spanning 20 villages, and bringing stable agricultural production as well as encouraging the return of displaced families back to the area
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.
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In focus
Forced displacement
The increasingly protracted nature of forced displacement calls for sustainable and durable solutions.

In focus
Sustaining peace
Conflict is a major driver of food crises, followed by weather extremes and economic shocks.
Key publications

Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities – Briefing note
30/09/2025
The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enhances the capacity of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to respond rapidly to food security and agricultural emergencies.

Institutionalizing social protection and anticipatory action in the Philippines
24/09/2025
The Philippines is highly disaster-prone, with the province of Catanduanes frequently impacted by typhoons.

Ukraine: Impact of the war on agricultural enterprises - Findings of a nationwide survey, October–November 2024
29/08/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations conducted a nationwide survey of 2 612 agricultural enterprises across 23 oblasts of Ukraine between October and November 2024.