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In times of crisis, every seed counts
05/02/2024
As conflict rages across Sudan, agriculture – a key pillar of food and income – is jeopardized for millions of people. Yet, some farmers have held the line. This photo series celebrates those farmers who cultivate against the odds to feed their families – and the nation.
The Sudan: Escalating conflict and persistent economic decline deepen food security crisis
12/12/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sounds the alarm about the escalating food security crisis in the Sudan, urging immediate and collective action to avert an impending humanitarian catastrophe.
Sudan: FAO reaches one million farming households since the outbreak of conflict
15/11/2023

This is expected to help meet the cereal needs of between 13 and 19 million people, but more critical aid is required


Sudan: FAO launches emergency response plan to protect and restore agricultural livelihoods amid conflict
11/09/2023

$123 million needed for urgent support to 10.1 million people in 17 most food-insecure states


The Sudan: Food security crisis intensifies amid ongoing conflict and economic challenges
02/08/2023

Urgent scale up of emergency humanitarian support to rural communities needed


Sudan: Emergency seed distribution kick off leveraging the ongoing planting season to boost food production
13/07/2023

From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa


Sudan: acute food insecurity sparked by the ongoing crisis is set to escalate in coming months
19/06/2023

FAO urgently requires $95.4 million to scale up response to save lives, enable access to food and protect vital livelihoods


Increasing risk of hunger set to spread in hotspot areas as the Sudan crisis spills over into subregion and el Niño looms - warns new UN report
29/05/2023

Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali and the Sudan have been elevated to the highest alert level to join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen


Agricultural aid is humanitarian aid
11/04/2023

Supporting farmers benefits us all

Eastern Africa drought: FAO welcomes a €25 million contribution from Germany to improve access to food and boost rural livelihoods in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the Sudan
22/03/2023

Funds aim to provide time-critical emergency aid and livelihood support to build back self-reliance and protect the most vulnerable against shocks