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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 Strip: Only 3 precent of Gaza’s cropland remains accessible and undamaged, new assessment finds
18/08/2026

Undamaged cropland has declined by 25.5 percent since October 2025

News
Through the eyes of humanitarians
17/08/2026

How the Syria Humanitarian Fund is helping save lives and protect rural livelihoods in northeast Syria

News
A race against time in North Kordofan, Sudan
17/08/2026

As conflict and insecurity threaten livelihoods, farmers in North Kordofan race against the rainy season—while humanitarians race to get seeds to them...

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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
SHF and FAO protect livestock families in Northeast Syria rely on for survival
20/08/2026

With support from the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF), FAO provided 500 kg of supplementary animal feed to each of 11 072 livestock-keeping households...

Photo Collection
Gaza Strip: Distributing mobile water tanks to protect livestock’s water supply
09/09/2026

View this gallery on Flickr.

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....