Deputy Director-General Maurizio Martina briefs UN Security Council on the impact of conflict on food security

Interview with FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol on Gaza and other global emergencies including Ukraine and Sudan

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 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.

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

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

Urgent scale up of emergency humanitarian support to rural communities needed

From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

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

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