Funding to boost efforts in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Sudan; Sahel and Coastal West Africa also among the list of recipients

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns about a looming food crisis in Sudan driven by the combined impacts of armed conflict, low production of key staple crops and economic turmoil

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises, driven by conflict, climate shocks, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is intensifying efforts to address soaring acute food insecurity in the Sudan 

The combined effects of conflict, economic crisis, and poor harvests are significantly affecting people’s access to food and will likely double the number of people facing acute hunger in the Sudan to more than 18 million people by September 2022, warned the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on 23 March 2022.

The funding aims to support lives and livelihoods of most severely drought-affected farmers and herders

FAO senior officials visit affected areas in the rush to save lives and livelihoods

In a region reeling from locust invasions and COVID-19, a third-consecutive year of poor rains poses a major threat to food security

Sureedo lives on her farm in Qoordumey village, Dolow, Somalia. She grows fruits and vegetables with her family and was among the 2 500 rural farming households affected by the drought and desert locust swarms that have decimated crops and destroyed livelihoods.

Interview with Carla Mucavi, FAO Representative in Kenya