The Financing Flows and Food Crises report

07/01/2025

The Financing Flows and Food Crises report is an annual publication produced by the Global Network Against Food Crises, in collaboration with Development Initiatives. It provides a comprehensive overview of financing flows related to food crises and offers insights into how international financial allocations address acute food insecurity.

FAO alerts European countries to enhance preparedness for combating peste des petits ruminants

24/12/2024

Near East and North Africa – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024

19/12/2024

In 2023, 66.1 million people, approximately 14 percent of the population in the Arab region, faced hunger. The report highlights that access to adequate food remains elusive for millions. Around 186.5 million people – 39.4 percent of the population – faced moderate or severe food insecurity, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from the previous year. Alarmingly, 72.7 million people experienced severe food insecurity.

Step-by-step guide to integrating a gender transformative approach throughout the project cycle

01/12/2024

This guide provides assistance to development professionals to integrate the gender transformative approach (GTA) in project interventions that focus on food security, nutrition and sustainable agriculture, in view of advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. It provides step-by-step detailed guidance for project and programme staff on how to integrate the GTA at every phase of the project cycle.

Lebanon: Rapid needs assessment on the impact of conflict on agriculture – Key messages, November 2024

19/11/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, conducted a rapid needs assessment in light of the escalation of conflict in Lebanon in September 2024. The assessment aimed to determine the proportion of agricultural households that have been displaced and the initial impact of the crisis on livelihoods to inform decision-making and humanitarian response.

World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2024

18/11/2024

The Statistical Yearbook 2024 offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. Statistics are presented in four thematic chapters, covering the economic importance of agricultural activities, inputs, outputs and factors of production, their implications for food security and nutrition and their impacts on the environment.