FAO emergencies and resilience

News
Afghanistan: the food security situation is improving, but the crisis is far from over
18/03/2024

Interview with Alexander Jones, Director of the FAO’s Resource Mobilization Division, on his recent field visit to Afghanistan to see how FAO is...

News
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


Highlights
In times of crisis, every seed counts

As conflict rages across Sudan, agriculture – a key pillar of food and income – is jeopardized for millions of people. Yet, some farmers have held the line.

14/02/2024

Acute hunger is escalating worldwide. The growing number of people impacted by pressing humanitarian crises in conflict-affected places like Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan, or by climate extremes, requires urgent and collective action explains Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director-General.

14/02/2024

In 2022, severe floods hit the Niger causing crop and livestock losses and the destruction of cultivated land.

In focus
Forced displacement

The increasingly protracted nature of forced displacement calls for sustainable and durable solutions.

In focus
Sustaining peace

Conflict is a major driver of food crises, followed by weather extremes and economic shocks.

Publications
22/02/2024

In 2023, access to food emerged as the most pressing need for people in the Niger, where the impact of climate change and armed conflict continue to drive acute food insecurity.

02/02/2024

Agriculture is an increasingly vital lifeline for people in Haiti. Rising insecurity and low harvests have pushed food prices up.

11/12/2023

By the end of 2022, the Global Report on Food Crises recorded the highest-ever levels of acute food insecurity – affecting a quarter of a billion people in 53 countries – in spite of the highest ever levels of funding for humanitarian response.