Publications
Malawi: 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 Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, the World Food Programme and the Department of Disaster Management Affairs to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in ten districts across Malawi.
Viet Nam: Project Highlights - OSRO/VIE/001/USA
12/2024
The United States of America contributed USD 2 974 318 to FAO’s project entitled “Risk mitigation and management of health threats from animals in Viet Nam”.
Haiti: Response overview, November 2024
12/2024
In Haiti, alarming levels of armed gang violence continue to trigger significant population displacement within the country and limit the circulation of goods, contributing to increased prices of basic foodstuffs.
Afghanistan: Assessment on flood damage
12/2024
Since March 2024, Afghanistan has experienced heavy rains. Major flood damage has been reported in several provinces, with extensive and severe impacts.
Namibia: 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, Water and Land Reform, and the Office of the Prime Minister, to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in 14 regions of Namibia.
Cabo Verde: Project Highlights - OSRO/CVI/054/ROK
12/2024
The Republic of Korea funded FAO's project OSRO/CVI/054/ROK entitled “Safeguarding food security and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations in Cabo Verde” for USD 100 000.
FAO in the 2025 humanitarian appeals
12/2024
In 2024, escalating violence drove extreme hunger crises from Gaza and the Sudan to Haiti. The number of people facing, or projected to face, catastrophic hunger conditions more than doubled, rising from 705 000 in 2023 to 1.9 million people by mid-2024 across five countries/territories.
Nigeria: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 7
12/2024
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a seventh-round assessment conducted in September 2024 in Nigeria.
Ukraine: Humanitarian response update, 2 December 2024
12/2024
Through its Emergency Response Plan (ERP) for 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) requires a total of USD 150 million to assist 821 050 people in rural areas and small farmers by distributing agricultural production inputs to ensure they can rely on their own production.
Guatemala: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 4
12/2024
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a fourth-round assessment conducted in May and June 2024 in Guatemala.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Response overview, November 2024
11/2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to face one of the largest food insecurity crises in the world, driven by armed conflict, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and economic challenges, including currency depreciation and high food prices.
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Zambia: El Niño impact assessment highlights
11/2024
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 and the Zambia Vulnerability Assessment Committee, to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods across seven provinces of Zambia.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA)
11/2024
For more than two decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s northeastern Ituri province has been facing a severe humanitarian crisis marked by violent attacks perpetrated by non-state armed groups, triggering massive population displacements.
FAO’s role in humanitarian mine action: Revitalizing agricultural lands and strengthening food security, November 2024
11/2024
The persistent threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war endangers lives and disrupts food security across 67 countries and territories, affecting around 60 million people, predominantly in rural areas.
Bangladesh: Impact of the floods on agricultural livelihoods and food security in the eastern part of the country
11/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a household survey in Bangladesh through the Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) System to assess the impact of the eastern flash floods, in August and September 2024, on agricultural livelihoods and food security.
Special Report – 2024 FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Lebanese Republic
11/2024
At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), a joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited the country from 15 to 28 July 2024 to estimate the 2024 crop production, identify factors that affected production, forecast staple food import requirements for the 2024/25 marketing year (July/June), analyse the domestic food market and assess the acute food security situation.
Bangladesh: Cyclone Remal and monsoon floods
11/2024
Cyclone Remal and subsequent monsoon floods have devastated the livelihoods of agriculture-dependent communities across multiple regions in Bangladesh.
Malawi: Project Highlights - OSRO/MLW/088/GER
11/2024
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities, contributed USD 500 000 to the FAO project, "Anticipatory action interventions to mitigate the negative effects of dry spells in the southern region of Malawi during the planting season 2023/24", which was implemented from 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2024.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 8
11/2024
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of an eighth-round assessment conducted in July and August 2024 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ukraine: Project Highlights – OSRO/UKR/016/JPN
11/2024
The Government of Japan contributed USD 5.25 million to improve the livelihoods and food security of 26 774 rural households (78 891 people) and support 1 982 small-and medium-scale agricultural producers in Ukraine.