Publications
Safeguarding agricultural livelihoods and food security by scaling up Anticipatory Actions
12/2023
The intensity and frequency of natural hazards and conflicts is increasing, leaving unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs.
Global: Project Highlights – OSRO/GLO/908/GER
12/2023
The Government of Germany contributed USD 792 950 to improve the food security and nutrition of cyclone-affected communities in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Kenya: Germany’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Anticipatory Action window
12/2023
From late 2020 to early 2023, Kenya experienced a severe and prolonged drought, causing consecutive harvests to fail. Millions of animals died, which would otherwise have provided nourishment and sustained livelihoods.
Guatemala: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 2
12/2023
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a second-round assessment conducted from January to March 2023 in Guatemala.
Global: Project Highlights - OSRO/GLO/203/GER
12/2023
FAO's project entitled "Scaling up Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) for agriculture and food security", funded by Germany aimed to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable people in high risk countries, prevent food crises, and reduce humanitarian needs.
Ukraine: Humanitarian response update - 12 December 2023
12/2023
This document provides an up-to-date summary of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine as well as the response of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the ground, as of 12 December 2023.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Impact of conflict on agriculture, food security and livelihoods in Ituri
12/2023
Marked by more than forty years of conflict, the province of Ituri, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has experienced massive population displacement and recurrent violence.
Anticipating El Niño: Mitigation, preparedness and response plan for Southern Africa, 2023–2025
12/2023
El Niño poses a serious threat to the food security and survival of vulnerable communities around the world.
FAO in the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plans
12/2023
By the end of 2022, the Global Report on Food Crises recorded the highest-ever levels of acute food insecurity – affecting a quarter of a billion people in 53 countries – in spite of the highest ever levels of funding for humanitarian response.
Palestine: Belgium's contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA)
12/2023
The escalation of hostilities in Israel and Palestine is drastically affecting all dimensions of food security.
The Sudan: Rapid assessment on the summer season agricultural performance - November 2023
12/2023
This report provides an overview of the Sudan’s summer season agricultural performance as of September 2023.
Northeastern Nigeria: Tom Brown – Local supplementary food for improved nutrition
12/2023
Tom Brown is a supplementary food powder made from a blend of locally available roasted soya beans, groundnut, guinea corn, maize, millet, fish powder and local spices.
Promoting lasting resolutions to land conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
12/2023
A people-centered approach promoted by the Rome-based Agencies Resilience Initiative
Northeastern Nigeria: Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. Response overview (November 2023)
12/2023
The latest Cadre Harmonisé analysis (November 2023) indicate that over 26.5 million are projected to be in high acute food insecurity (June-August 2024) across 26 states analysed in Nigeria and in the Federal Capital Territory, including 4.38 million in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, if appropriate assistance is not provided.
Afghanistan: Project Highlights - OSRO/AFG/200/JPN
12/2023
The Government of Japan contributed USD 2 million to improve the livelihoods and food security of 10 117 rural households (98 124 people) in Afghanistan.
Rwanda: Anticipatory actions to support farmers' resilience impacted by low rains
11/2023
Rwanda is greatly susceptible to the impacts of climate change through its high dependence on rainfed agriculture.
FAO at COP28: Agrifood systems solutions to shape climate agenda
11/2023
Director-General QU Dongyu will lead FAO delegation at the global event in Dubai, where the Organization will launch a series of reports and co-host the Food and Agriculture Pavilion
The transformative role of agriculture in refugee settings
11/2023
Forced displacement has reached a scale not seen since records began. It has not only increased to an unprecedented level, but so too has its average duration.
Nigeria: Project Highlights - OSRO/NIR/201/JPN
11/2023
The Government of Japan contributed USD 623 129 to FAO's project entiteld "Strengthening food security and nutrition of vulnerable populations to increasing conflict and negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic in northeastern Nigeria".
Viet Nam: Impact of Anticipatory Action
11/2023
This study documents the outcomes of an Anticipatory Action activation implemented in the central provinces of Viet Nam ahead of Typhoon Noru, in September 2022.