Identification, Delivery and Empowerment Application (IDEA): An FAO ecosystem of applications to power livelihoods and agricultural assistance in food crisis contexts

03/2025

The Identification, Delivery and Empowerment Application (IDEA) is a digital ecosystem of applications developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to ensure the protection and secure management of beneficiary data, and delivery and tracking of assistance.

Sweden’s contribution to FAO’s emergencies operations, March 2025

03/2025

Sweden has reinforced its commitment to global food security with a total contribution of SEK 73 million (USD 7.23 million) to FAO’s emergencies operations in 2025.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Urgent call for assistance

03/2025

In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, intensified violence pepetrated by non-state armed groups is occurring at the start of harvests and of the lean season, disrupting agricultural production and the supply chain, and leading to food shortages and soaring prices.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025

02/2025

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the world’s highest number of people in acute food insecurity.

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.

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.

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.

West and Central Africa: Floods - Urgent call for assistance, October 2024–May 2025

10/2024

Recent torrential rains have triggered catastrophic floods across West and Central Africa, severely affecting 40 percent more people compared with last year.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 7

05/2024

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a seventh-round assessment conducted in January and February 2024 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Response Plan 2024

03/2024

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of Africa’s largest internal displacement crises, with 22 percent of the population acutely food insecure due to increased armed conflict and the impact of climate hazards.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Impact of conflict on agriculture, food security and livelihoods in Ituri

12/2023

Marked by more than forty years of conflict, the province of Ituri, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has experienced massive population displacement and recurrent violence.

Promoting lasting resolutions to land conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

12/2023

A people-centered approach promoted by the Rome-based Agencies Resilience Initiative

Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity

10/2023

FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: November 2023 to April 2024 outlook

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 6

09/2023

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a sixth-round assessment conducted in May and June 2023 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 5

05/2023

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a fifth-round assessment conducted in February and March 2023 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Response Plan 2023

04/2023

The Democratic Republic of the Congo remains the world’s largest food crisis, with one in four people facing acute hunger.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 4

01/2023

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a fourth-round assessment conducted between September and October 2022 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

FAO in the 2023 humanitarian appeals

12/2022

Enhancing nutrition in emergency and resilience agriculture responses to prevent child wasting: FAO's child wasting prevention action plan (2023–2024)

11/2022

As part of the United Nations Global Action Plan on Child Wasting, FAO requires USD 500 million to implement its action plan to prevent child wasting (2023–2024) in the 15 most-affected countries.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 3

09/2022

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a third-round field assessment conducted between April and May 2022 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.