Publications
The Philippines: Project highlights - OSRO/PHI/081/GER
11/2025
The Government of Germany, through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities, contributed USD 428 590 to strengthen preparedness and mitigate the impacts of flooding and typhoons on 6 016 vulnerable fishing households (30 080 people) and fisherfolk associations in Catanduanes, Isabela and Surigao del Norte provinces of the Philippines.
West Bank and Gaza Strip: Project Highlights - OSRO/GAZ/406/CAN
11/2025
The Government of Canada contributed USD 19 883 284 to improve the livelihoods and food security of 22 000 farming and herding households (103 400 people) and increase the competitiveness of cooperatives through a decade-long project the West Bank.
Yemen: DIEM-Monitoring emergency agriculture support brief
11/2025
This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth rounds of Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring), conducted in Yemen in March and June 2025.
Somalia: Project Highlights - OSRO/SOM/079/DEN
11/2025
The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark contributed USD 2 272 029 to the FAO project, "Scaling up FAO’s recovery response in drought-affected regions of Galmudug and Puntland", which was implemented from 1 January 2024 to 31 July 2025.
Mozambique: Project Highlights - OSRO/MOZ/142/GER
11/2025
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany contributed USD 800 000 to the FAO project, "Anticipating the impacts of La Niña-induced floods to protect smallholder farmers’ livelihoods in Mozambique", which was implemented from 24 August 2024 to 31 May 2025.
Anticipatory action: Annual report 2024
11/2025
In 2024, acute hunger affected over 295 million people globally, continuing a six-year upward trend driven by conflict, climate extremes and economic instability.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028 (In French)
10/2025
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing a prolonged and multidimensional food crisis, driven by a combination of armed conflict, displacement, repeated climate shocks, and structural weaknesses, directly threatening the food security, nutrition, and livelihoods of millions of Congolese people, especially in fragile rural areas.
Iraq: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
10/2025
Through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA), the Government of Belgium contributed USD 120 000 to urgently restore and safeguard olive-based livelihoods in Harmota village.
Ethiopia: Project Highlights - OSRO/ETH/136/JPN
10/2025
The Government of Japan contributed USD 770 072 to the FAO project, "Emergency and early recovery assistance for improved food security and nutrition innorthern Ethiopia", which was implemented from 31 March 2024 to 30 March 2025.
Gaza Strip: Time-critical support to farming households to help reactivate local agrifood production and restore conflict-affected livelihoods
10/2025
With funding from the Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting 200 farming households in Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, with cash transfers to cultivate small vegetable plots.
FAO good practices of climate action in food crisis and fragile contexts
10/2025
Communities in food crisis and fragile contexts are on the frontline of the climate crisis. FAO helps countries prevent, anticipate, absorb, adapt and transform in the face of intensifying climate shocks and stresses.
Lesotho: Project Highlights - UTF/LES/058/LES
10/2025
The Government of Lesotho, in partnership with the World Bank, contributed USD 5 million to the FAO project, "Emergency livelihood support and resilience building among food-insecure households affected by floods", which was implemented from 31 November 2022 to 31 May 2025. The project aimed to mitigate the negative impacts of floods on agriculture, food security and nutrition in the country.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Acute malnutrition among Indigenous Peoples
10/2025
This executive brief presents key findings and priority actions from FAO's study on acute malnutrition among Indigenous Peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ukraine: Project Highlights - OSRO/UKR/038/GER
10/2025
The Government of Germany contributed USD 900 000 to improve the livelihoods and food security of 1 008 rural households (2 260 people) and 250 small-scale producers.
Jordan: Project Highlights - OSRO/JOR/031/JPN
10/2025
The Government of Japan contributed USD 335 311 to support rural livelihoods and strengthen the resilience of 431 households (2 155 people) to floods, droughts and wildfires in Ajloun and Jerash governorates of Jordan.
Mauritania: Project Highlights - OSRO/MAU/047/JPN
10/2025
Japan funded FAO's project entitled ‘Support for strengthening the resilience of agro-pastoral households affected by the 2022 floods in Mauritania’ for an amount of USD 882 000.
Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities – Briefing note
09/2025
The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enhances the capacity of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to respond rapidly to food security and agricultural emergencies.
Institutionalizing social protection and anticipatory action in the Philippines
09/2025
The Philippines is highly disaster-prone, with the province of Catanduanes frequently impacted by typhoons.
Ukraine: Project Highlights - OSRO/UKR/026/JPN
09/2025
The Government of Japan contributed USD 1 095 000 to safeguard the food security and livelihoods of 15 528 war-affected rural farming households (50 444 people) in Ukraine