Publications
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.
Subregional West Africa: Project Highlights - OSRO/SFW/007/GER
03/2025
The Federal Government of Germany, contributed USD 3 million, through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action window, to FAO's project entitled ''Anticipatory action for flood risk in the Sahel''.
Mali: Emergency and Resilience plan 2025-2028 - Plan overview (In French)
03/2025
This is an overview of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Plan 2025-2028 which is designed to support vulnerable communities towards sustainable resilience through interventions tailored to their specific levels of vulnerability.
Mali: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2025-2028 (In French)
03/2025
FAO's Emergency and Resilience Plan 2025-2028 is designed to support vulnerable communities towards sustainable resilience through interventions tailored to their specific levels of vulnerability.
Mali: Project Highlights - OSRO/MLI/073/FRA (In French)
03/2025
France funded EUR 500 000 for FAO's project entitled “Addressing the emergency food and nutrition crisis for displaced populations and host communities in the northern and central regions of Mali".
West Africa and the Sahel: Resilience Programme 2024–2030
03/2025
In the last decade, food insecurity levels in West Africa and the Sahel have significantly worsened. According to the latest Cadre Harmonisé (CH) analyses, the number of acutely food-insecure people (CH Phase 3 or above) has risen from 10.7 million in 2020 to 38.1 million in March 2024.
Mali: Humanitarian Response Plan 2025
02/2025
In Mali, persistent insecurity and recurring floods deprive populations of their agricultural livelihoods.
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.
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.
Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, November 2024 to May 2025 outlook
10/2024
In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is projected to worsen in 16 hunger hotspots, including a total of 14 countries and two regional clusters which comprise 8 countries, during the outlook period from November 2024 to May 2025.
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.
Subregional West Africa: Project Highlights - OSRO/SFW/008/AUS
09/2024
The Government of the Republic of Austria contributed USD 1 096 491 to the FAO project, "Strengthening the resilience of the livelihoods of vulnerable communities in the face of climate change and the complex crisis in Central Sahel", which was implemented from 1 November 2023 to 31 December 2023.
Mali: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 8
09/2024
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a eighth-round assessment conducted in June and July 2024 in Mali.
Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO: Annual report 2023
09/2024
In 2023, the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), contributed SEK 120 million (USD 13.08 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Mali: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2024
03/2024
Conflict and recurrent climate shocks continue to increase humanitarian needs across Mali.
Mali: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 7
02/2024
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a seventh-round assessment conducted in December 2023 and January 2024 in Mali.
Mali: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 6
12/2023
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a sixth-round assessment conducted in September and October 2023 in Mali.
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
Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO: Annual report 2022
09/2023
In 2022, the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, contributed nearly SEK 141 million (USD 14.5 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Mali: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 5
09/2023
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a fifth-round assessment conducted in May and June 2023 in Mali.