FAO emergencies and resilience

Near East and North Africa

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Protracted conflicts and economic hardships are the main drivers of high acute food insecurity and malnutrition in the Near East and North Africa. The region is also one of the world’s most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Highly dependent on imports, the agri-food sector in the Near East and North Africa has been severely affected by increases in the prices of basic food items and agricultural inputs due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the war in Ukraine.
News
News
FAO announces plans to launch first local real-time weather alert system for West Bank farmers
15/10/2025

At least 5 000 smallholder farmers in the West Bank will soon receive real-time weather alerts directly to their smartphone as part of a climate-smart...

News
Sudan: FAO moves to protect 9.4 million livestock in nationwide vaccination campaign
16/09/2025

Four-month emergency response effort aims to curb transboundary and zoonotic diseases, strengthen livelihoods, ease the food crisis and revive the ailing...

News
Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
22/08/2025

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition

Publications
Publications
Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 December 2023
01/2024

The damage to agricultural infrastructure was estimated using the available Sentinel 1 SAR images on October 12, 13, 24, 25, November 5, 6, 17, 18,...

Publications
Overview of the damage to agricultural land and infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 December 2023
01/2024

The ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, leading to Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Publications
Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 December 2023
01/2024

Sentinel 2 data from November 2022 and September 2023 was used as a baseline for comparison with November 2023 for NDVI-based change assessment. Significant...

Multimedia
Video
FAO restores irrigation water to 11 thousand hectares of land in Ar-Rastan, Syria
16/02/2023

FAO’s European Union-funded Smallholder Support Programme has rehabilitated Ar-Rastan irrigation network in rural Homs, restoring irrigation water for...

Video
FAO’s critical efforts to combat famine in the Sudan through agriculture and livelihoods support
02/12/2024

The video highlights FAO's efforts to respond to the hunger crisis in the Sudan and the threat of famine that looms over different parts of the country....