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Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers
11/04/2025
FAO aims to reach over 70,000 people with agricultural inputs and financial and infrastructure support to help them rebuild their livelihoods

Gaza: Immediate action must combine emergency relief with the restoration of local food production
28/01/2025
Latest geospatial assessment from FAO and UNOSAT highlights devastating impact of conflict on agrifood systems infrastructure

Food insecurity deepens in Lebanon following conflict, new report shows
22/01/2025
From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

FAO calls for urgent action to address widening famine in Sudan
06/01/2025
FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol briefs the UN Security Council on Sudan’s food crisis

A path towards recovery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
19/12/2024
FAO puts agricultural assistance at the forefront of emergency responses

UN report: Hunger in the Arab region reaches a new height as challenges intensify
18/12/2024
From the FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa

Food crisis in Haiti: FAO calls for urgent funding to assist 608,000 people to prevent further starvation and suffering
11/12/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

For 2025, FAO seeks $1.9 billion to provide life-saving, emergency agriculture assistance to 49 million people
04/12/2024
Escalating violence continues to drive extreme hunger crises from Gaza to the Sudan and Haiti

Gaza: FAO calls for urgent access to deliver at-scale emergency agricultural aid to prevent spread of famine
03/12/2024
FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol spoke at the Cairo Ministerial Conference on enhancing the humanitarian response in Gaza

In a briefing to the UN Security Council, FAO warns of imminent famine in northern Gaza due to escalation of conflict, collapse of agrifood systems and constraints to humanitarian access
13/11/2024
Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience calls for urgent diplomatic efforts to save lives

New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
31/10/2024
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories

“The situation in the Middle East is catastrophic,” says FAO Director-General
23/10/2024
QU Dongyu addresses the Session on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Middle East during G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting

Risk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza Strip as conflict intensifies and winter approaches
17/10/2024
FAO urges immediate and unimpeded access to deliver critical agricultural aid and commercial food production inputs in time for the upcoming winter planting season

Gaza: These atrocities must end
25/09/2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Gaza: FAO delivers more than 2 400 veterinary kits to protect livestock and sustain livelihoods
12/08/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

Famine conditions in parts of Sudan: FAO urges at scale life-saving assistance to boost local food production
05/08/2024
New data reveals that escalating violence has pushed parts of North Darfur into famine

Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
01/08/2024
SOFI 2024 report highlights a cost-hunger trap plaguing some regions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

FAO sounds alarm over high risk of famine across the whole Gaza Strip amidst humanitarian access constraints
27/06/2024
New analysis reveals that almost the entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity with 1 in 5 Gazans being on the verge of famine

Gaza: FAO contributes to fighting malnutrition and starvation
05/04/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa
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Projected famine in Gaza: FAO urges immediate access to deliver urgent and critical assistance at scale
18/03/2024
New data reveals that half of the population or about 1.1 million people are experiencing catastrophic food insecurity