Publications
The Republic of Nicaragua: Urgent call for assistance
01/2021
Central America has been severely affected by a record-breaking hurricane season, with the passage of Category 4 Hurricane Eta across the region in early November 2020, followed by Category 5 Hurricane Iota about two weeks later with the strongest winds experienced in 127 years.
The Republic of Honduras: Urgent call for assistance
12/2020
Hurricanes Eta and Iota are the most severe natural hazards that have hit Honduras in more than 20 years. Early November, Category 4 Hurricane Eta started bringing torrential rains and winds as strong as 275 km/h in northern Honduras.
Guatemala: Urgent call for assistance
12/2020
Central America has been severely affected by a record-breaking hurricane season, with Category 4 Hurricane Eta raging through the region at 225 km/h from during the beginning of November, followed by Category 5 Hurricane Iota about two weeks later.
Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen: Desert locust crisis appeal January 2020 – June 2021
12/2020
The document is the revised version of the previously published Desert locust crisis appeal, providing an update and expansion of FAO's funding requirements for rapid response and sustained actions in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen to address the ongoing crisis.
Protecting agricultural workers through remote COVID-19 awareness campaigns in Pakistan
11/2020
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic—and related lockdowns—triggered a massive cash crisis around the world for families who depend on informal earnings, including daily wage workers. In Pakistan, a nationwide lockdown was imposed on 21 March 2020.
FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots (October 2020)
11/2020
As acute food insecurity levels appear to be reaching new highs globally, also as a result of the socio-economic fallout of measures imposed to contain the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), this joint FAO-WFP report aims to raise an early warning on 20 countries and situations - called hotspots - that, starting from already significant levels of acute food insecurity in early 2020, are facing the risk of a further rapid deterioration over the next months.
The Sudan: 2020 Flood impact rapid assessment
10/2020
Since July 2020, heavy rains and flooding combined with historical overflow of the River Nile and its tributaries have affected most of the states in Sudan, causing devastating damage alongside riverbanks in the northern, central and eastern regions of the country.
The Sudan: 2020 Flood Response Overview
10/2020
Since July 2020, torrential rains and flooding combined with the historical overflow of the River Nile and its tributaries, the highest levels in a century, have impacted 17 states out of 18 in the Sudan.
The Sudan: Flood Response Plan 2020–2021
10/2020
The Sudan is a country in transition that is facing multiple crises, ranging from political, economic, health and environmental issues. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) for June–September 2020 estimated that 9.6 million people in the Sudan are facing crisis or worse levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), of whom more than 2.2 million are in Emergency (IPC Phase 4).
Public employment programmes in the time of COVID-19
10/2020
COVID-19 has quickly morphed from an unprecedented health crisis to a massive economic shock—and, unless immediate and decisive action is taken to sustain consumption levels and prevent disruptions to food supply chains, it could easily lead into a global food crisis.
Social protection: effective and inclusive response and recovery in the context of COVID-19 in Africa
09/2020
COVID-19 poses significant challenges to an already strained rural context in Africa. The growing direct impact of COVID-19 is affecting health, in terms of morbidity and mortality, as well as quickly overburdening health care services with negative repercussions for non-COVID related health problems.
The Philippines: Impact of Early Warning Early Action
08/2020
Exploring the interplay between El Niño-induced drought, conflict and gender
Impact Report: Promoting self-reliant livelihoods of Syrian refugees and Turkish host communities through entrepreneurship in food and agriculture in Turkey
08/2020
Promoting self-reliant livelihoods of Syrian refugee and Turkish host communities through entrepreneurship in food and agriculture in Turkey
Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA): Annual Report 2019
07/2020
The Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to take rapid and effective action in response to food and agricultural threats and emergencies.
Bangladesh 2020 severe monsoon floods: Urgent call for assistance
07/2020
Heavy monsoon rainfall, coupled with rising water levels in the three major river basins and hilly areas upstream, have led to major flooding in northern, north-eastern and south-eastern Bangladesh.
FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots (July 2020)
07/2020
This report is part of a series of analytical products produced under the Global Network Against Food Crises initiative co-led by EU, FAO, and WFP to enhance and coordinate the generation and sharing of evidence‑based information and analysis for preventing and addressing food crises.
FAO's role in humanitarian contexts
07/2020
The number of people experiencing hunger – both chronic and acute – has been persistently high in recent years. The 2019 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World indicates that the number of people facing hunger rose to 820 million in 2018, up from 811 million in 2017.