Within the context of the steady increase of natural hazard-induced disasters and in particular, the rapidly growing climate related risks, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) is annually marked worldwide on 13 October to reiterate the shared commitments [...]

Highlights Alarming number of people facing severe acute food insecurity in southern regions of Madagascar. Low harvests and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic underpin the current conditions. Immediate scaling up and extension of humanitarian response required, including assistance to farming households prior [...]

The August to November edition of the Hunger Hotspots report provides the results of a joint FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots, highlights countries that are at risk of significant food security deterioration, and in particular acute [...]

  An event co-hosted by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and facilitated by KORE. Thursday 22 July @ 12.00 - 14.00 CEST (UTC/GMT+2) Global [...]

This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous [...]