Publications
Cross-border coordination of livestock movements and sharing of natural resources among pastoralist communities in the Greater Karamoja Cluster
12/2019
One of the 25 selected winning development projects/SDG solutions at the Expo 2020 Dubai Global Best Practice Programme
Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health Annual Report (November 2018–October 2019)
11/2019
The past 12 months have seen a rapid increase in African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks around the world. A hardy disease with up to 100 percent mortality rate in pigs and wild boar, ASF has wreaked havoc across many countries, impacting trade, food security and livelihoods.
Transhumance and agropastoralism in the Central African Republic (in FRENCH)
11/2019
Avec environ 16 millions d’ha de pâturage, largement sous exploités, presque autant de terres cultivables et un réseau hydrographique dense et présent sur tout le territoire national, la République centrafricaine constitue une zone clé pour la survie du bétail en Afrique centrale.
Burkina Faso 2019-2020 Joint Response (short version)
10/2019
Since the beginning of 2018, Burkina Faso has been facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The rapid deterioration of insecurity has resulted in the displacement of nearly half a million people.
Southern Africa: Emergency Response Plan 2019–2020
10/2019
Without immediate interventions, the impact of the ongoing and devastating drought in Southern Africa could result in the number of severely food-insecure people in the region reaching over 12 million at the peak of the lean season (October-March 2020).
Protecting people and animals from disease threats
10/2019
The United States Agency for International Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are working together to keep the world safe from infectious disease threats.
FAO’s work on social protection
10/2019
This brochure highlights the important role that social protection has to play in addressing many of the barriers poor rural households face in building resilient and sustainable livelihoods.
Burkina Faso: Response overview October 2019
10/2019
Due to increased violence in Burkina Faso, agricultural activities have declined by 20 to 70 percent in crisis-affected areas where half of the land may not be cultivated compared to the 2017/18 agricultural season.
Resilience analysis of pastoral and agropastoral communities in South Sudan’s cross-border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
09/2019
The IGAD member states are situated in a region exposed to recurrent natural shocks, political instability and characterized by internal and cross-border population displacement.
Animal Feed Action Plan
09/2019
The regional animal feed action plan was formulated through a consultative and participatory process building on experiences and lessons learnt by wide spectrum of key stakeholders in public and private sectors, notably, policy makers, traders, pastoralist and farmers' organizations, civil society, NGOs, and the development partners.
Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations (Issue No.6 - August 2019)
09/2019
This update, facilitated by the Food Security Information Network and produced under the Global Network Against Food Crises, provides the members of the United Nations Security Council with an overview of the magnitude, severity and drivers of acute food insecurity in nine countries and territories that have the world’s highest burden of people in need of emergency food, nutrition and livelihood assistance as a result of protracted conflict combined with other factors.
South Sudan Resilience Strategy 2019–2021
09/2019
The resilience of communities in South Sudan has declined and continued to be eroded since the eruption of conflict in late 2013.
Burkina Faso: Emergency Plan 2019 (update)
08/2019
Since the beginning of 2018, the security crisis across the Sahel region has sharply deteriorated particularly in Burkina Faso. Already vulnerable to a fragile economic context and recurrent climatic shocks, the recent upsurge in violence perpetrated by armed groups has caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, while ongoing population displacements are intensifying inter‑communal conflict.
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Madagascar: Impact of Early Warning Early Action
07/2019
Protecting farming livelihoods from drought and food insecurity
Somalia Drought Action Plan 2019
06/2019
Somalia is experiencing a severe drought across most of the country. Based on rain performance so far, the upcoming Gu harvest will likely be half of a normal year at best. This is especially grim as Somalia produces only around one-third of its cereal requirements in a normal year. Livestock are in extremely poor condition and risk dying in large numbers if the rains continue to be poor.
Resilience analysis in Borno State, Nigeria
06/2019
Borno State, in the northeast of Nigeria, has been reduced from a dynamic and populated rural area into a zone of displacement, hazards and food insecurity due to escalating levels of violence.
The Sudan: Impact of Early Warning Early Action
06/2019
Protecting agropastoralist livelihoods ahead of drought