Publications

Nigeria: Humanitarian Response Plan 2019–2021
02/2020
Ten years into the conflict, the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States remains one of the most severe in the world with the third highest level of internal displacement in Africa.

The Sudan: Humanitarian Response Plan 2020
02/2020
Humanitarian needs in the Sudan continue to climb one year after civil unrest and socio-political change. The impact of conflict, recurrent climatic shocks, resulting displacement and a worsening economic crisis are threatening livelihoods and aggravating food insecurity.

Palestine: Humanitarian Response Plan 2020
02/2020
The humanitarian situation in Palestine continues to be characterized by prolonged restrictions on access to natural resources, movement of goods and people, and limited production capacities.

The Niger: Humanitarian Response Plan 2020
02/2020
The Niger faces multiple shocks such as increased insecurity, drought, floods and epidemic diseases, which add to the country’s underdevelopment

Burkina Faso: Humanitarian Response Plan 2020
02/2020
The deterioration of the security situation in the Centre-North, East, North, Boucle of Mouhoun and Sahel regions in Burkina Faso has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with an exponential increase in the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) throughout 2019.

Haiti: Response overview - January 2020
02/2020
Throughout 2019, Haiti was marked by major natural disasters that add to the effects of those experienced during the past ten years, the cholera epidemic, and the deteriorating socio-political and economic situation.

Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations (Issue No.7 - January 2020)
01/2020
This seventh FAO/WFP update to the UNSC covers five countries (Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan) and two regions (the Lake Chad Basin and central Sahel) that are currently experiencing protracted conflict and insecurity and in which, according to latest figures, almost 30 million people need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance.

Colombia: Impact of Early Warning Early Action
12/2019
Boosting food security and social cohesion on the frontline of the migration crisis

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.