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As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
24/01/2023
In 2021, 396 million people in the region were undernourished and an estimated 1.05 billion people suffered from moderate or severe food insecurity.
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Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children
12/01/2023
FAO and UN partners highlight five priorities for reducing child wasting in worst-hit countries
Ukraine: EU-FAO partnership to ensure recovery and development of agricultural value chains
04/01/2023
A $15.5 million EU-funded project aims to respond to disruptions to the agricultural sector caused by war
Somalia: FAO calls for fully funded, at-scale and sustained life-saving and livelihoods support to pull people from the brink of famine
20/12/2022
Alongside this, large-scale investments in resilience and rural livelihoods are urgently needed to break the hunger cycle
Ukraine: New UN survey shows rural households are increasingly affected by the war
14/12/2022
Nationwide assessment reveals that more than one in four respondents reported having reduced or ceased agricultural production
Yemen: FAO welcomes an additional $150 million multi-agency contribution from the World Bank to strengthen resilience and address growing food insecurity
13/12/2022
Increased support for the joint Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project as acute food insecurity intensifies
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
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 aquaculture
Antimicrobial resistance: Now is the time for collective action
17/11/2022
Quadripartite launches new Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform to help tackle common threat to human and animal health and ecosystems
Rural livelihoods lay the foundations for long-lasting peace in Colombia
16/11/2022
FAO is working with communities in the department of Chocó to restore livelihoods in the aftermath of conflict