Key messages: Humanitarian agencies have been making the case for taking action before crises hit, but it is long-term actors (such as governments and service providers) who have responsibility for most anticipatory actions. ‘Anticipatory action’ is usually used to refer to an [...]

This webinar is part of the Digital Innovation Dialogue series and is co-organized by FAO Regional Office for Africa and Generation Africa Register here. Webinar agenda Opening remarks by the moderatorAde Freeman, Regional Programme Leader,FAO/Regional Oce for Africa Introductory presentation: Covid-19 and digital technologiesin Agri-Food [...]

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. The data and the analyses in this report were prepared before the [...]

In Bangladesh, the FAO Upazila to Community (U2C) initiative believes that by giving training on vaccination, biosecurity and surveillance to women, who are usually the custodians of livestock, it is possible to improve livestock health and ensure food security in their communities. In [...]

  Copenhagen, 18th-20th of May 2020 Disasters and emergencies are becoming increasingly widespread and costly, causing great harm to many people. Their socio-economic repercussions reach far beyond their epicenters by means of migration as well as economic and environmental interconnectedness. There are [...]