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27.6 million
country population
2.2 million people
in acute food insecurity
335 277 people
internally displaced
to assist 704 200 people FAO requires USD 26.5 million for 2025
Highlights

News
Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season
29/04/2025
FAO calls to enhance monitoring and initiate early control measures in affected countries

News
Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa at 10-year high as crisis spreads to coastal countries
20/04/2023
From the FAO Regional Office for Africa

News
Norway contributes $23.7 million of flexible funding to boost FAO’s capacity to respond to crises and emergencies
31/03/2023
With these funds, FAO aims to reach around 600 000 food insecure people
Key documents

The Niger: DIEM – Data in Emergencies. Monitoring brief, round 10
05/2025
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of the tenth-round assessment conducted in October 2024 in the Niger.

Annual report 2024: Norway’s contribution to the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities
05/2025
The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to respond swiftly and flexibly to food and agricultural emergencies.

Saving lives, time and money: Evidence from anticipatory action - May 2025
05/2025
In the context of an existential funding crisis, soaring levels of humanitarian need and a spiralling number of extreme weather events, each dollar spent must go further.
Multimedia
Video
How FAO’s Anticipatory Actions protect rural livelihoods in the Niger
14/02/2024
In 2022, severe floods hit the Niger causing crop and livestock losses and the destruction of cultivated land.

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Niger: Anticipatory Actions to mitigate the impact of floods
19/02/2024
Thanks to funding from the German Federal Foreign Office, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing Anticipatory...
Video
FAO, IFAD and WFP interventions in Niger
08/06/2022
By rehabilitating a water pond and stocking it with fish, FAO, IFAD and WFP have contributed to improve the food security of local communities.