FAO emergencies and resilience

Publications
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.

03/2025

Somalia’s food crisis has persisted for over three decades. Ongoing conflict continues to have devastating impacts, driving food insecurity and displacement.

03/2025

The Government of the Republic of Italy, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, contributed USD 6 805 279 (EUR 6 million) to the FAO project, "HirshabelleResilient Riverine Agriculture Project (HRRAP)", which was implemented from 19 October 2020 to 19 October 2024.

03/2025

The Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the World Bank contributed USD 13 177 000 to the FAO project , "Anticipatory action and early response support to drought-affected communities in Somaliland, Puntland, Galmudug and Southwest State", which was implemented from 1 July 2022 to 20 May 2024.

02/2025

Food is the great connector. It is survival and nourishment. It is family and tradition. It is hope and resilience. It is love. Sharing food around the table is an experience that binds us all.

11/2024

The Government of Japan contributed USD 358 814 to the FAO project, "Saving lives and livelihoods while promoting recovery of households from drought in Somalia" which was implemented from 22 March 2023 to 31 July 2024.

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.

09/2024

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany contributed EUR 27.75 million (USD 30 385 017) to the FAO project, "Livelihood response to mitigate the impacts of drought on food security and livelihoods", which was implemented from 1 February 2023 to 31 December 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).

08/2024

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contributed USD 3 750 000 (GBP 3 million) to the FAO project, "FAO’s El Niño preparedness, mitigation and response programme", which was implemented from 21 August 2023 to 31 March 2024.

08/2024

The Government of the United States of America contributed USD 150 250 000 million to the FAO project, "Providing emergency life-saving food and livelihood support to drought-affected communities in Somalia", which was implemented from 4 May 2022 to 31 March 2024.

08/2024

The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands contributed USD 28 million to the FAO project, "Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme (FNS-REPRO): Building food system resilience in protracted crises", which was implemented from 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2023.

06/2024

The Government of Canada through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action Window contributed USD 1 222 000 to strengthen the capacity of communities and local governance structures in Somalia, and mitigate the impact of El Niño-related floods on the most vulnerable communities.

04/2024

Within the span of a year, Somalia has gone from averting a famine caused by the longest drought in its history to the worst flooding on record.

04/2024

Leveraging on more than a decade of delivering humanitarian response, saving lives, and building resilient and sustainable livelihoods in Somalia, FAO continues to prioritize strengthening the productive sectors and resilient food systems.

04/2024

Leveraging on more than a decade of delivering humanitarian response, saving lives, and building resilient and sustainable livelihoods in Somalia, FAO continues to prioritize strengthening the productive sectors and resilient food systems.

02/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Management Centre is a global centre that supports the management of One Health emergencies such as animal health and plant health.

10/2023

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

10/2023

To strengthen food security, nutrition and livelihoods and improve resilience to future shocks.

10/2023

To mitigate the impact of drought on the food security and livelihoods of affected communities.