News
FAO’s new Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal seeks $2.5 billion to support 100 million people in 54 countries
03/12/2025
Inaugural Appeal focuses on cost-effective agricultural solutions that link urgent needs with long-term resilience
News
Disasters cost global agriculture $3.26 trillion over three decades, FAO report reveals
14/11/2025
New FAO study shows how digital solutions are empowering farmers and fishers to prevent losses and build resilient agrifood systems
Highlights
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The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025
14/11/2025
Droughts, floods, fires, desertification and extreme weather conditions all threaten agriculture and food security.
Diversifying livelihoods to build resilience in Somalia
22/05/2025
A documentation video of the project “UN Joint Action for Building Resilience in Somalia" funded from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the KfW Development Bank and implemented in southern Somalia over multiple phases.
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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.
Key publications
Syrian Arab Republic: Emergency and Resilience Plan 2026–2028
02/12/2025
After 14 years of conflict and recurrent climate shocks, the agriculture sector has been among the hardest hit in the Syrian Arab Republic, with severe damage to productive assets and widespread disruption to food production.
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Ukraine: Humanitarian response update, 1 December 2025
01/12/2025
Through its Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) requires a total of USD 150 million to assist 550 000 people in rural areas, including small-scale farmers, by providing agricultural production inputs to ensure they can rely on their own food production.
Yemen: Plan of Action for Emergency, Resilience and Development 2025–2027
23/10/2025
Conflict, economic decline and climatic shocks continue to erode the resilience of rural communities in Yemen.