Conflict and climate change require collective action to address food insecurity

23/04/2024

Conflict and hunger are inextricably linked to one another. Conflict often leads to severe humanitarian crises, resulting in heightened levels of hunger in specific regions.

FAO Brief - 22 April 2024

22/04/2024

In this episode, FAO calls for more funding and resources for farmers in Sudan to prevent the escalation of the hunger crisis; FAO’s Director-General emphasized Africa’s potential for development at the FAO’s Regional Conference that took place in Morocco; and the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention met to define strategies to curb pests and diseases amid climate crisis

Why rural women pay the highest price of the climate crisis

05/03/2024

Climate change disproportionately impacts women farmers in low- and middle-income countries, causing billions of dollars of losses among female-headed farming households.

FAO Brief - 23 February 2024

23/02/2024

In this episode: the latest on acute food insecurity in Somalia; the Global Environment Facility approves a series of new FAO-led environmental projects; and looking ahead to food and climate challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.

FAO Brief - 12 February 2024

12/02/2024

In this episode, the Food Price Index shows a continued decline in food commodity prices; how FAO is working towards a future for female statisticians in West Africa, and a new interactive portal in FAOSTAT.