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Sudan: Conflict, access constraints and floods undermine FAO efforts to support agriculture and food security
12/09/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa
FAO and EU sign 47 million euro programme to enhance resilience and food security for pastoralists in Eastern Africa
30/07/2024
The programme is expected to directly benefit more than 100,000 households across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda
South Sudan: The Government, World Bank and FAO scale up actions to build farmers’ climate resilience in the face of flooding and other disaster risks
23/07/2024
A $30 million project aims to provide critical life-saving and livelihood assistance, sustainable recovery and resilience building support to smallholder farmers
Hunger Hotspots Report: famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan
05/06/2024
Latest Hunger Hotspots report urges immediate action to prevent famine and warns of La Niña-linked climate extremes
Solar powered water pumps support pastoralists’ livelihoods in times of climate crisis
29/11/2023
One agropastoralist in South Sudan is adapting to the changing climate and helping others do the same
South Sudan: FAO intensifies efforts to increase resilience of agrifood systems to threats and crises
03/08/2023
Unlocking country’s potential in agriculture is key to move away from food dependency to self-sufficiency
Heads of the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies call for greater investments in South Sudan to avoid a catastrophic food crisis
01/08/2023
Leaders from FAO, IFAD and WFP warn of a deepening crisis in South Sudan without immediate action and investment in resilience.
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
Hunger and malnutrition being driven by climate crisis and conflict in South Sudan
03/11/2022
The proportion of people facing severe acute food insecurity is at the highest level ever, surpassing levels seen even during the conflicts in 2013 and 2016