World Food Day is celebrated annually on 16 October to promote global awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and to highlight the need to ensure healthy diets for all. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) designated [...]

Date & Time: 3 october 2022 |13:00 – 14:30 hours (CEST) The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR), annually celebrated on 13 October since 2009, promotes global awareness about the prevention and reduction of disaster risk and disaster losses in lives, [...]

  This event is part of a webinar series on Anticipatory Action (AA). Slow-onset hazards progressively erode livelihoods, especially among the most vulnerable people, often leading to negative coping strategies, increasing vulnerability and hunger. With early warning systems and pre-agreed finance, it is possible to act [...]

Hazards may occur suddenly (sudden-onset) or develop over time (slow-onset) and threaten people’s lives and livelihoods and all the pillars of sustainable development. Since 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has supported extensive country-level work [...]

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 20 countries or situations (including two regional clusters) – called hunger hotspots – [...]