According to the latest IPC analysis, about half of the population in the Central African Republic is facing high levels of acute food insecurity, where already more than 70 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.

When Shukla Parial heard that cattle in her village were dying from a new disease, she feared the worst

The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises showed that the number of people facing hunger is on the rise.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the dramatic acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia. 

FAO to boost the food security and livelihoods of vulnerable communities in Africa and Latin America

Animal health emergencies remain among the most challenging situations a country can confront and they impact the food security and livelihoods of nearly half of the 900 million people living in poverty who depend on livestock to survive.

The webinar will look at the past and present experiences from Mozambique, where the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been implementing voucher interventions over the past 20 years. 

The people in the Gaza Strip suffer from a poor humanitarian situation due to multiple challenges, including conflict, which escalated from 10 to 21 May 2021.

Floods are an annual occurrence in Bangladesh, and the risk weighs heavily on families when the monsoon season begins.

Keeping food and food workers safe is even more complex during a global pandemic crisis and all stakeholders must contribute to maintaining 360° oversight of every aspect of the food supply chain.

Mohammad Islam is growing more vegetables after FAO installed a solar-powered irrigation system. 

Thanks to a generous contribution from the European Union, the FAO ProAct project is rehabilitating five irrigation infrastructures in four townships in central and northern Rakhine State through cash-for-work (CFW) activities.

Sweden’s International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and FAO are reinforcing their partnership through an innovative long-term development programme to build resilience at community and ecosystems level, boost local rural economies in conjunction with the ongoing humanitarian response, and contribute to building peace in Afghanistan.

The eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in Goma worsened the food insecurity of populations already affected by the upsurge in violence, climatic hazards and epidemics, generating high chronic needs.

From biosecurity labs to 3D animations, increased capacity and communication improve response to outbreaks

As a result of more than ten years of crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic, the ability of livestock herders in Hama Governorate to access fodder and water for their livestock became severely restricted.

The ongoing conflict in Tigray has led to a humanitarian crisis characterized by alarmingly high levels of food insecurity, gender-based violence, widespread displacement, limited access to services, and the destruction of the local economy.

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. 

Millions of people in Myanmar are expected to become hungry over the coming six months as food security is predicted to rise sharply and plunge the country into a food crisis. 

Depuis le 1er septembre 2019, la ville de Birao en République centrafricaine a été confrontée à des chocs multiples et persistants.