FAO emergencies and resilience

Analysis and evidence

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Timely and accurate agriculture-related food security and risk analysis data is fundamental to support and trigger FAO’s evidence-based emergency and resilience programming. 

This entails:

  • Understanding vulnerability and food insecurity
  • Risk monitoring, triggers and early warning systems
  • Anticipating shocks and anticipatory action plans
  • Emergency needs assessments and response analysis
  • Post-disaster needs assessments and recovery analysis  

Key agriculture-related food security and risk analysis tools include:

News
News
In 2023, FAO will require $1.9 billion to reach 48 million people with life-saving and livelihood assistance
01/12/2022

Acute food insecurity soars driven by conflicts, extreme weather events, rising food prices

News
Global Environment Facility tasks FAO and IFAD to lead new $230 million agrifood systems transformation program
30/11/2022

The initiative aims to support shifts towards sustainable nature-positive production and efficient value chains for crops, commodities, livestock, and...

News
Catastrophic hunger levels recorded for the first time in Haiti
14/10/2022

Almost half the population are currently facing acute hunger

Publications
Publications
Democratic Republic of the Congo: DIEM-Impact qualitative study of Ebola, conflict and agricultural livelihoods in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu - September 2026
10/2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through Data in Emergencies (DIEM), conducted a qualitative study of the impact of...

Publications
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces
09/2026

This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in the...

Publications
Mali: DIEM-Monitoring emergency agriculture support brief, December 2025 (round 10)
02/2026

This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in Mali...

 
 
Multimedia
Video
The added value of the Data in Emergencies information system
08/07/2022

In recognition of the need to better understand the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods in food crisis contexts, the Food and Agriculture Organization...

Video
Data in Emergencies information system introductory video
08/07/2022

In recognition of the need to better understand the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods in food crisis contexts, the Food and Agriculture Organization...