Publications
Ukraine: Humanitarian response update, 13 June 2022
06/2022
FAO's revised Rapid Response Plan was issued on 19 April, seeking USD 115.4 million to assist 979 320 people in rural areas through December.
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: June to September 2022 Outlook
06/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 20 countries or situations (including two regional clusters) – called hunger hotspots – during the outlook period from June to September 2022.
Tigray: Urgent call for assistance
06/2022
Tigray’s Meher season is just weeks away (June/July 2022). With the rainfall outlook favourable (normal to above-normal), the season offers a critical and cost-effective opportunity to improve food availability across the region
Cameroon: Humanitarian Response Plan 2022
06/2022
In Cameroon, the prolonged armed conflict, the influx of refugees from neighbouring countries as well as the impact of climate change, with limited rains and long dry spells, are exacerbating the vulnerability of millions of Cameroonians.
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Mali: Response overview (May 2022)
06/2022
For more than a decade, people in Mali have been experiencing various types of shocks that have severely deteriorated their food security and livelihoods.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan 2022
06/2022
Currently, nearly one in two Afghans do not have adequate means to produce or access food for themselves and their families each day.
Ukraine: DIEM – Data in Emergencies. Commercial farmer monitoring, 23 March–14 April 2022
05/2022
In order to understand the impact of the war on the commercial agricultural sector in Ukraine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is undertaking a series of monitoring surveys, targeting commercial grain producers across the country.
Bangladesh: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 5
05/2022
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a fifth-round field assessment conducted between March and April 2022 in Bangladesh
Afghanistan: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 4
05/2022
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a fourth-round field assessment conducted between March and April 2022 in Afghanistan.
The 2020–2021 desert locust upsurge: How anticipatory action prevented a full blown humanitarian crisis
05/2022
In late 2019, a massive outbreak of desert locusts swept across the greater Horn of Africa and Yemen. This infographic outlines the actions FAO and partners took to avert a disaster, and showcases the impacts and results of the early, scaled up action.
Desert locust upsurge: Progress report on the response in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, September–December 2021
05/2022
This sixth and final progress report details FAO’s work to mitigate the effects of the desert locust upsurge – an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods – across the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen between September and December 2021, while outlining the outcomes of the response in all of 2021.
Northeastern Nigeria: Response Overview (April 2022)
05/2022
The ongoing armed conflict in northeastern Nigeria as well as increased prices of food items and agricultural inputs have continued to negatively affect food security and nutrition in the region.
The Philippines: Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief – round 2
05/2022
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a second-round field assessment conducted between January and February 2022 in the Philippines.
2022 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint analysis for better decisions
04/2022
The 2022 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2022) highlights the alarming deterioration of acute food insecurity in 2021
Concept note: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
04/2022
Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change, while conflicts are driving consistent and unsustainable increases in humanitarian needs.