Publications

Ukraine: Project Highlights – OSRO/UKR/025/WFP
02/2025
The World Food Programme contributed USD 303 425 to support 556 rural households in Mykolaivska oblast (1 497 people), of whom 69 percent female-headed, impacted by mines and explosive remnants of war to help restore agricultural production in spring 2024.

Cameroon: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 7
02/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the seventh-round assessment conducted in February 2025 in Cameroon.

Forest categories with negative vegetation cover changes during the conflict in Lebanon as of October 2024
02/2025
A geospatial impact assessment was conducted to detect the significant negative changes** of vegetation cover for forest categories during the conflict of 2023-2024 in Lebanon.

Crop categories with negative vegetation cover changes during the conflict in Lebanon as of October 2024
02/2025
A geospatial impact assessment was conducted to detect the significant negative changes** of vegetation cover for crop categories during the conflict of 2023-2024 in Lebanon.

Baseline assessment of land cover in Lebanon as of 2023
02/2025
A geospatial impact assessment was conducted to detect the significant negative changes** of vegetation cover for agricultural land during the conflict of 2023-2024 in Lebanon.

Cropland with negative vegetation cover changes during the conflict in Lebanon as of October 2024
02/2025
A geospatial impact assessment was conducted to detect the significant negative changes** of vegetation cover for cropland during the conflict of 2023-2024 in Lebanon.

Baseline assessment of crop categories in Lebanon as of 2023
02/2025
A geospatial impact assessment was conducted to detect the significant negative changes** of vegetation cover for agricultural land during the conflict of 2023-2024 in Lebanon.
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La Niña: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, January 2025 update
01/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) La Niña Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, first launched in August 2024 and updated in January 2025, seeks urgent funding to address the escalating risks and potential impacts on agriculture and food security.

Madagascar: El Niño impact assessment highlights
01/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with other members of the IPC Technical Working Group in Madagascar (Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes, Vulnerability Assessment Committee, l’Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage, and the World Food Programme) to assess the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in thirty-six districts.

Ukraine: Emergency assistance for spring crop production in southern Ukraine
01/2025
The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to erode rural resilience and disrupt agricultural livelihoods and supply chains, particularly in frontline oblasts such as Khersonska and Odeska.

Angola: El Niño impact assessment highlights
01/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the National Statistical Institute and the Civil Protection Services, conducted an assessment to evaluate the impact of El Niño‑induced events on agricultural production and livelihoods in 11 municipalities located in Angola’s four southwestern provinces – Benguela, Cunene, Huíla and Namibe.

Ecuador: Project Highlights - OSRO/ECU/111/GER
01/2025
The El Niño phenomenon is a natural climatic event characterized by the anomalous warming of waters of the intertropical Pacific Ocean, causing changes in climate patterns around the world.

Yemen: Project Highlights - OSRO/YEM/202/KSC
01/2025
The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia contributed USD 7.76 million to the FAO project, "Emergency support to protect the agriculture, livestock and fishery-based livelihoods of highly vulnerable conflict and COVID-19 affected populations in Yemen", which was implemented from 26 July 2020 to 30 June 2024. The project aimed to enhance crop, livestock and fishery production among vulnerable households in four selected governorates in Yemen.

Sierra Leone: Project Highlights - OSRO/SIL/200/IRE
01/2025
Extreme climate vulnerability, conflicts between livestock and crop farmers, inflation of rice, fuel and agricultural inputs prices, depreciation of Leones, low wages and pandemics have increased the pre-existing vulnerabilities in Sierra Leone, thereby, contributing to high food insecurity and malnutrition in the country.

Mali: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 9
01/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a ninth-round assessment conducted in October and November 2024 in Mali.

Cameroon: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 6
01/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a sixth-round assessment conducted in September and October 2024 in Cameroon.

Sierra Leone: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 12
12/2024
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a twelfth-round assessment conducted in September and October 2024 in Sierra Leone.

Subregional West Afraica: Project Highlights - OSRO/SFW/006/USA
12/2024
The Government of the United States of America, through the United States Agency for International Development – Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, contributed USD 500 000 to FAO's project entitled “Regional project to enhance preparedness and response to acute food insecurity of vulnerable households in the Sahel and West Africa”.

Lebanon: Rapid needs assessment on the impact of conflict on agriculture
12/2024
Widespread displacement is putting agricultural production at risk in Lebanon, with many households unable to access their land and farms safely.

United Republic of Tanzania: El Niño impact assessment highlights
12/2024
This document presents the highlights of an impact assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Tanzania Vulnerability Assessment Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Crop and Livestock Departments, and the World Food Programme, to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in the United Republic of Tanzania.