Publications
Northeastern Nigeria: Humanitarian Response Plan 2023
04/2023
The insurgency in northeastern Nigeria remains a significant driver of the humanitarian crisis. Severe flooding across the country in 2022 devastated crops and livestock.
Nigeria: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 4
04/2023
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a fourth-round assessment conducted between February and March 2023 in Nigeria.
Nigeria: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 3
12/2022
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a third-round field assessment conducted between September and October 2022 in Nigeria.
Monitoring food security in food crisis countries with conflict situations
12/2022
This report provides an update on the acute food insecurity in countries and territories that have the world’s highest burden of people in need of emergency food, nutrition and livelihood assistance as a result of protracted conflict combined with other factors.
Nigeria: Urgent call for assistance
11/2022
Severe floods across Nigeria during the recent agricultural season (April–October) have had a devastating impact on livelihood assets, food stocks and yield prospects for the main harvest, disrupting people’s lives and livelihoods.
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.
Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO: Annual report 2021
10/2022
In 2021, the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), contributed SEK 94 million (USD 11.08 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) emergency and resilience programme.
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity (October 2022 to January 2023 Outlook)
09/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 19 countries or situations – called hunger hotspots – during the outlook period from October 2022 to January 2023.
Nigeria: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 2
09/2022
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a second-round field assessment conducted between June and July 2022 in Nigeria.
Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA): Annual Report 2021
07/2022
This annual report provides a brief description of the major operations initiated with the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) for the 12-month period ending 31 December 2021. The report contains financial data for this period, as well as data since the Fund became operational.
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: June to September 2022 Outlook
06/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 20 countries or situations (including two regional clusters) – called hunger hotspots – during the outlook period from June to September 2022.
Northeastern Nigeria: Response Overview (April 2022)
05/2022
The ongoing armed conflict in northeastern Nigeria as well as increased prices of food items and agricultural inputs have continued to negatively affect food security and nutrition in the region.
Northeastern Nigeria: Humanitarian Response Plan 2022
04/2022
Nigeria faces a severe food crisis. The protracted armed insurgency in northeastern Nigeria has displaced thousands of people, leaving them without the means to produce food and increasing their dependency on humanitarian aid.
Nigeria: Humanitarian Response Plan 2021
03/2021
Over the past year, food insecurity in Nigeria has reached levels that had not been observed since 2016–2017, with Adamawa, Borno and Yobe still the most affected states.
FAO's role in humanitarian contexts: Saving lives through stronger, more resilient livelihoods - Revised version
04/2020
The number of people experiencing hunger – both chronic and acute – has been persistently high in recent years.
Nigeria: Better yields for FAO-supported farmers
03/2020
Northeastern Nigeria has faced significant instability for over a decade due to an armed insurgency. More than 1.8 million people remain displaced by the crisis across Adamawa,