Ukraine
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38.4 million
country population
12.6 million people
live in rural areas
3.7 million people
internally displaced
40% of the population
in need of lifesaving assistance
to assist 406 900 people FAO requires USD 53 million for 2025
Highlights
News
FAO’s new Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal seeks $2.5 billion to support 100 million people in 54 countries
03/12/2025
Inaugural Appeal focuses on cost-effective agricultural solutions that link urgent needs with long-term resilience
News
Ukraine: rural communities need immediate support to plant and produce food amid ongoing war
02/06/2025
From FAO Office in Ukraine
News
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report
16/05/2025
In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while...
Key documents
Ukraine: Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan 2026–2028
12/2025
The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to disrupt agriculture, damaging assets, limiting market access and leaving large areas of farmland contaminated with unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war.
Ukraine: Humanitarian response update, 1 December 2025
12/2025
Through its Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) requires a total of USD 150 million to assist 550 000 people in rural areas, including small-scale farmers, by providing agricultural production inputs to ensure they can rely on their own food production.
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.
Multimedia
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FAO’s emergency support to Ukraine’s agrifood sector during the war
22/04/2025
Since February 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has become a lifeline for Ukraine’s agricultural sector, supporting...
Video
FAO's response to global food security risks due to war in Ukraine - Interview with Maximo Torero
28/04/2022
In a world with 166 more million people chronically undernourished and 3 billion people with no access to healthy diets
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Bringing life back: Kaushan’s family from Ukraine restores their livelihood with the support of FAO
05/11/2023
Natalia and Serhii Kaushan from Mykolaivska oblast, Ukraine, used to be farmers with 500 ha of land. Due to the beginning of full-scale war and active...