Small Island Developing States: FAO convenes a global dialogue to update on latest initiatives
02/02/2022
Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami throws the vulnerability of the countries into sharp relief as they struggle to reach Sustainable Development Goals
Drought in the Horn of Africa: New analyses flag mounting risks, need to support rural families
11/02/2022
FAO senior officials visit affected areas in the rush to save lives and livelihoods
Drought in the Horn of Africa: FAO welcomes a €20 million contribution from Germany to avert hunger crisis
17/02/2022
The funding aims to support lives and livelihoods of most severely drought-affected farmers and herders
Ukraine: UN appeal includes $183.5 million for urgent food and agricultural livelihoods assistance
02/03/2022
FAO Director-General highlights need to safeguard access to food, reinforce food security
Ukraine: FAO scales up to support rural families, safeguard food security
10/03/2022
Team on ground regrouped; strengthened with surge personnel; Declaration of corporate scale-up response
FAO and Belgium assist communities in Kenya to avert a hunger crisis
26/04/2022
A prolonged, multi-season drought is driving acute food insecurity across the Horn of Africa, with millions of people on the brink of starvation
Somalia: New data show how drought in the Horn of Africa is driving up acute hunger
12/04/2022
Aid to keep rural, agriculture-dependent families on their feet is needed at massive scale to stave off catastrophe
Ukraine crisis: the world can still contain the impact on global food security with the right policies, FAO Director-General says
08/04/2022
QU Dongyu addresses FAO Members as they convene to discuss the impact of the conflict on global food supply
FAO and Government of Somalia open permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre
04/11/2021
The Centre will build Somalia’s national capacity to independently manage desert locusts in the country
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
FAO provides cash plus livestock and agriculture packages to cushion vulnerable households from the desert locust invasion
05/08/2021
The desert locust invasion in Somalia has significantly affected the country’s food security, with successive generations of swarms destroying vital crops and pastures
FAO and Belgium provide emergency livelihoods assistance to rural people in Ukraine affected by the war
13/04/2022
The war in Ukraine is affecting the food security of the most vulnerable rural households across the country
New Scenarios on Global Food Security based on Russia-Ukraine Conflict
11/03/2022
Opinion article by Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food insecurity rapidly worsening increasing risk of famine in Somalia - Report
29/03/2022
Due to worsening drought, up to 5 million people will require urgent humanitarian assistance to prevent worse food security outcomes in Somalia...
Worsening food crisis looming in the Sudan amid economic downturn displacement and ruined crops
28/03/2022
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.