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FAO and WFP warn of looming widespread food crisis as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries
06/06/2022
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
Yemen: Acute hunger at unprecedented levels as funding dries up
13/03/2022
Joint FAO/UNICEF/WFP Press Release
Japan and FAO sign a project agreement to enhance the food security and nutrition of vulnerable families in Yemen
29/10/2021
On 29 October 2021, Japan signed an agreement with FAO to contribute USD 7 million (JPY 771 000 000) to enhance the food security and nutrition of vulnerable internally displaced, agro-pastoral and pastoral families in Yemen
Desert Locust upsurge may be declining but remaining swarms require vigilance in East Africa and Yemen
28/10/2021
$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts
Yemen: FAO and Kuwait collaborate to enhance the resilience of vulnerable farmers through improving their access to water resources
18/10/2021
Zahr Haidar is a farmer and a mother of six children from Khanfar District in Abyan Governorate
Yemen: FAO and the World Bank collaborate to restore lost hopes and agricultural livelihoods in flood-affected areas
04/10/2021
Abdurrahman Hassan Farhan Gird is a 27 year old farmer and a father of two from Wadi Nakhlah, Maqbana District in Taiz Governorate of Yemen
Starvation and hunger-related deaths a reality amid worsening food crises, says FAO
04/10/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu tells High-Level UN Event on famine that livelihoods assistance must be prioritized
FAO and World Bank continue support to Desert Locust surveillance and control operations in Yemen
27/09/2021
A renewed Desert Locust control campaign has been launched in the Yemeni governorates of Lahj
Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
30/07/2021
Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.
FAO and the Netherlands renew partnership to strengthen sustainable water management in Yemen
08/07/2021
The USD 5 million project ushers in a second phase of interventions aimed at creating more sustainable management of water resources for improved livelihoods and food production in Sana’a basin.