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Rebuilding resilience, one drop at a time: FAO and Norway join hands to restore irrigation for 14 000 families in earthquake-stricken Hama
05/07/2023
The earthquakes that hit the north of the Syrian Arab Republic on 6 February 2023, and the multiple aftershocks, caused significant destruction to agricultural...
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Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries issue call for action to accelerate agrifood systems transformation and collectively build resilience
30/06/2023
High-Level Ministerial Event hosted by FAO promotes the sharing of experiences and ways forward through innovation and broader cooperation
Highlights
Agricultural aid is humanitarian aid
FAO helps farmers around the world to strengthen their resilience in the face of emergencies
Prisca’s story: agricultural livelihoods change lives for refugee and host communities
20/06/2023
Prisca left South Sudan in 2017 along with 668 000 people, mostly women and children, to find a place of refuge for her and her family.
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Agriculture in Afghanistan - a transformative way to end acute food insecurity.
27/06/2023
In Afghanistan, FAO is witnessing a revolutionary and transformative way of ending acute food insecurity crises quickly. In late 2021, FAO and partners started receiving significant amount of funding for emergency agriculture assistance at scale right at the start.
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Social protection
Worldwide, 80 percent of the extreme poor live in rural areas. Of these, 76 percent work in agriculture, and a great share of them relies on subsistence farming.
Animal health
FAO plays a critical role in strengthening countries’ preparedness and response capacity to reduce the impact of animal health emergencies that can threaten livelihoods and food security, particularly in lower income countries with vulnerable infrastructures.
Publications
Importance of investing in agriculture in emergency contexts
16/03/2023
With 222 million people experiencing high acute food insecurity across 53 countries, and an alarming food security outlook for 2023, investing in agriculture in emergency contexts has never been so critical.
Guidance note: Community engagement in Anticipatory Action
10/05/2023
The guidance note offers information and recommendations to FAO Country Offices and partners involved in Anticipatory Action programming on how to engage affected and at-risk people and communities to better understand their risks, needs, priorities and capacities.
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, June 2023 to November 2023 outlook
29/05/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger hotspots during the outlook period from June to November 2023.