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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetNorthern Ethiopia | Urgent call for assistance
Tigray, Afar, Amhara
2021Also available in:
No results found.Northern Ethiopia is experiencing one of world's worst food crises. As of June 2021, about 5.5 million people in Afar, Amhara and Tigray are in high acute food insecurity, representing nearly 61 percent of the analyzed population. Of these, 353 000 people are in Catastrophe level of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 5) in Tigray alone, the highest numbers recorded in the last decade. Since November 2020, when the conflict erupted, 1.7 million people have been displaced across Tigray and into neighbouring regions. The conflict commenced at the peak of the main agricultural season (Meher) harvest period when many households had not yet harvested their crops. It is estimated over 90 percent of the crop harvest was lost (looted, burned and/or destroyed) and 15 percent of the region’s 17 million livestock were reported looted or slaughtered. Given that the majority of households depend on subsistence agriculture, the loss of their harvest and production inputs has had a devastating impact on their food security and nutrition – 2 million people require urgent livelihood assistance. In response to the dire situation, FAO has already reprogrammed USD 2 million to immediately support agropastoral and pastoral households with seeds and livestock vaccination and treatment, but more needs to be done. FAO has developed a response plan and requires USD 30 million to assist 1.4 million people in need through December 2021. A worsening crisis can be prevented if action is taken now at scale to provide vulnerable communities in northern Ethiopia with vital livelihood assistance. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEthiopia – Tigray: Belgium's contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) 2022
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No results found.Through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium is supporting FAO's efforts to ensure the timely provision of fertilizers to meet the input needs of farmers in Tigray, Ethiopia. Belgium’s generous support will help cover transportation-related costs for delivering fertilizers to assist 37 926 households (189 639 people). This document provides a brief description of the current context of the intervention and highlights the importance of the contribution in enhancing the food security and resilience of crisis-affected populations. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetMadagascar: Urgent call for assistance
November 2023–May 2024
2023Also available in:
No results found.The humanitarian situation in Madagascar remains of concern due to the negative impact of prolonged drought in the Grand Sud and consecutive tropical cyclones in the Grand Sud-Est (Batsirai and Emnati in 2022, and Freddy in 2023). Compounding the situation is the threat of El Niño‑induced climate extremes. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis (August 2023) indicated that 1.32 million people were projected to face high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 and above) in October–December 2023 and this figure is expected to increase to 1.72 million in January–April 2024, if appropriate assistance isn’t provided. Vulnerable crisis-affected populations require emergency agricultural assistance for livelihood recovery to meet their food needs. Investing in anticipatory actions and risk reduction ahead of El Niño-related climate extremes helps safeguard vulnerable households’ livelihoods and prevent a people from falling into worse levels of food insecurity. Providing crisis‑affected farming households with agricultural inputs in time for the main planting season starting in November 2023 will enable them to resume food production and recover their livelihoods.
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