FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World

11/04/2022

In 1961, FAO and UNESCO began the project of the Soil Map of the World at a scale of 1:5 000 000. The project was completed over 20 years and 19 map sheets were produced. To showcase the collaboration between soil scientists, the GSP decided to scan them in HD and to make them available online again.

Note on the impact of the war on food security in Ukraine

25/03/2022

FAO is deeply concerned about the food security situation in Ukraine. The war that began on 24 February 2022 has caused extensive damage and loss of life in key population centres, spread across rural areas, and sparked massive displacement. As of 23 March, more than 3.6 million people1 had been forced to abandon their homes and flee across borders to safety. Millions more are internally displaced. The violence has escalated rapidly, and it remains extremely difficult to predict the evolution of the conflict and its effect on lives, livelihoods, food security and nutrition.

Ukraine humanitarian response update

11/03/2022

FAO is staying and delivering in Ukraine. Ongoing work has been pivoted to scale up the humanitarian response. Senior staff have been deployed to the country, while regional and headquarters teams dedicated to Ukraine have also been reinforced.

Information note: The importance of Ukraine and the Russian Federation for global agricultural markets and the risks associated with the current conflict

11/03/2022

An overview of Market structure, trade profiles and recent price trends as well as a risk analysis assessing the risks emanating from the conflict, policy recommendations and more.

Ukraine rapid response plan

11/03/2022

With immediate assistance, FAO can support smallholder farmers throughout the country who choose to stay, including internally displaced people and host families, to plant their fields, save their livestock and produce food. Through the Rapid Response Plan, FAO will immediately inject multi‑purpose cash assistance to address urgent needs, and, where needed and possible, combined with agriculture-based livelihood in-kind support to produce nutritious food.

The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point

09/12/2021

“The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021)” Synthesis Report comes at a time when human pressures on the systems of land, soils and fresh water are intensifying, just when they are being pushed to their productive limits. The impacts of climate change are already constraining rainfed and irrigated production over and above the environmental consequences resulting from decades of unsustainable use.

SOLAW 2021 provides solutions away from the business-as-usual approach, injecting a sense of urgency in making the necessary transformation at the roots of the global food systems - water, land and soils – and inspiring uptake by decision-makers at the global, regional and national levels. The SOLAW 2021 Synthesis Report presents the main findings and recommendations of the full SOLAW 2021 report and background studies, which will be published in early 2022.