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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
Gaza: With famine looming, FAO urges immediate access to save livelihoods and food production
12/05/2025

New IPC analysis reveals alarming escalation in food insecurity due to ongoing hostilities and blockades

News
FAO warns: Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
05/05/2025

Europe is facing its worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth since the start of the century

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

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Publications
Publications
Palestine: Humanitarian Response Plan 2023
05/2023

In 2023, more than a quarter of the population is estimated to be food insecure in Palestine.

Publications
Lebanon: Crisis Response Plan 2023
05/2023

Lebanon is facing one of the most severe economic crises in the world in addition to a protracted refugee crisis. Inflation has skyrocketed and unemployment...

Publications
Syrian Arab Republic – Post-earthquake rapid needs assessment on agricultural livelihoods and production in the northwest
04/2023

Multimedia
Video
FAO supporting the agrifood sector in Palestine
27/10/2024

Palestine faces significant challenges for due to ongoing conflict, internal divisions, and economic instability, further exacerbated by military actions...

Photo Collection
South Sudan: Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Project
25/09/2024

View this gallery on Flickr.

Video
Torrential floods hit the Sudan – Suad’s story
13/05/2021

Heavy rains caused devastating flooding across the Sudan in September 2020, with the River Nile reaching water levels not seen for nearly a century.