FAO emergencies and resilience

Publications
09/2024

The Government of Ireland has contributed EUR 442 000 to FAO’s project entitled “Emergency agricultural assistance to communities affected by farmer-herder conflicts in northwestern Nigeria”.

09/2024

The Government of Japan contributed USD 840 000 to strengthen the capacities of 6 279 vulnerable farming households in drought-affected regions in the Republic of Moldova to increase their agricultural production and enhance food and nutrition security.

09/2024

In Haiti, the rise in armed gang violence, especially in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince, has led to significant population displacement within the country.

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).

09/2024

Mozambique has been particularly impacted by the 2023–2024 El Niño, with central and southern regions experiencing unprecedented dry spells and below‑average rainfall.

09/2024

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives contributed USD 1 million to FAO’s project entitled “Emergency agriculture-based livelihoods assistance for improved food security and nutrition of populations affected by conflict and economic shocks in northeastern Nigeria”.

08/2024

The Government of the United States of America contributed USD 4 274 670 to FAO’s project entitled “Sustainable Operationalization of One Health in the Africa Region”.

08/2024

The Government of the United States of America, through USAID, contributed USD 6.5 million to the FAO project, "2023 Emergency Livelihood Response Programme (ELRP) in South Sudan", which was implemented from 27 March 2023 to 28 March 2024.

08/2024

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a nineteenth-round assessment conducted in June 2024 in Yemen.

08/2024

The Government of Japan contributed USD 1 851 851 to improve the rice and corn production of smallholder farmers in the Philippines through efficient fertilizer use and capacity building.

08/2024

The Government of Japan contributed USD 12 843 911 to improve the livelihoods and food security of 81 400 farming, livestock-keeping and landless households (695 463 people) in Afghanistan.

08/2024

The Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to take rapid and effective action in response to food and agricultural threats and emergencies.

08/2024

The European Union contributed EUR 2 million (USD 2 277 200) to the FAO project, "South Sudan rural development: Strengthening smallerholders resilience in Northern Bahr el Ghazal", which was implemented from 15 April 2019 to 14 April 2023.

08/2024

The European Union contributed EUR 4 million (USD 4 854 368) to the FAO project, "Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations to food crises and climate stresses in South Sudan", which was implemented from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2023.

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.

08/2024

The Government of Libya, through the African Development Bank, contributed USD 280 364 to strengthen the national capacity to increase water productivity and monitor water consumption using remote sensing, and improve food security and climate resilience in Libya.

08/2024

The protracted crisis in northeastern Nigeria has resulted in persistently high levels of acute malnutrition, with 1.5 million children under five years of age and over 200 000 pregnant and breastfeeding women acutely malnourished.

08/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, the World Food Programme and the Department of Disaster Management Affairs conducted an assessment to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in ten districts – Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Dowa, Machinga, Mangochi, Nsanje, Phalombe and Thyolo.