Publications
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.
COVID-19: Coordinating from an animal health perspective during a human pandemic
07/2020
FAO's Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH) activated an Incident Coordination Group (ICG) in January 2020 to coordinate and monitor the COVID-19 event from an animal health perspective.
South Sudan: Response Plan, April 2020–March 2021
07/2020
Years of conflict, chronic vulnerabilities and weak essential services have deteriorated the food security and livelihood situation in South Sudan. Now, the COVID-19 outbreak threatens to paralyze an already fragile food system and negatively impact more than 6.5 million people who remain vulnerable.
Adapting targeted support to Kuchi pastoralists in Afghanistan for COVID-19
07/2020
Kuchi pastoralists, numbering around 2.4 million people in Afghanistan, are one of the region’s most vulnerable groups.
FAO EMC-AH Incident Coordination Groups
06/2020
This 2-pager presents the Incident Coordination Groups (ICGs) activated and led by FAO’s Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH) and provides a summary of the activities carried out under those ICGs, as well as their impacts.
West Africa: Desert locust crisis appeal (May–December 2020)
05/2020
Recent forecasts by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have indicated a risk of locust invasion in West Africa from June 2020.
Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen: Desert locust crisis appeal (January–December 2020)
05/2020
The worst desert locust outbreak in decades is underway in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, where tens of thousands of hectares of cropland and pasture have been damaged in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Yemen, with potentially severe consequences for agriculture-based livelihoods in contexts where food security is already fragile.
Southwest Asia: Desert locust crisis appeal (May–December 2020)
05/2020
The desert locust crisis appeal for Southwest Asia details the funding needed by FAO to combat this destructive pest that is threatening countries across the region, and Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan in particular.