In Focus: FAO response to global food security challenges

29/05/2023
From the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
26/04/2023
Preliminary analysis on the exposed agricultural area
Initial assessments on the impact of the earthquakes in Türkiye indicate severe damage to agriculture and rural infrastructure in affected areas.
31/03/2023
FAO renews its funding appeal to scale efforts to help affected rural communities sustain and recover basic food production
22/03/2023
Funds aim to provide time-critical emergency aid and livelihood support to build back self-reliance and protect the most vulnerable against shocks
Women and children stand outside their makeshift shelters within Raama Cadeey Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Baidoa, Somalia.
06/03/2023
Strategic investments are needed to sustainably improve food and water security for millions of Somalis
22/01/2023
Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen briefs Ministers at G-7 meeting in Berlin
Field visit to one of the affected households in Sumska oblast, Ukraine. September, 2022.
14/12/2022

Nationwide assessment reveals that more than one in four respondents reported having reduced or ceased agricultural production

02/12/2022
FAO Food Price Index is now only 0.3 percent higher than a year earlier
04/11/2022
New agreement with the Government of Ukraine aims to bolster support for farmers
04/11/2022
International quotations of food commodity groups covered by FAO Food Price Index all declined, except for cereals.
21/09/2022

A call for urgent action to address the global food security crisis.

14/09/2022
The Russian Federation and Ukraine are major global suppliers of cereals and sunflower oil, while the Russian Federation is also a leading exporter of fertilizers and energy. Due to the devastating war in Ukraine, global prices for these commodities have reached record highs.
13/09/2022
FAO Food Price Index dips by 1.9 percent while new FAO forecasts point to lower global cereals output in 2022
12/09/2022
September 2022
02/08/2022

Canada contributes USD 40 million to cover 2.4 million tonnes of storage.

22/07/2022


Ukraine: Humanitarian response update

18/07/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic, interruption in international supply chains, and the war in Ukraine have severely disrupted food, fuel, and fertilizer markets, which are interlinked