FAO emergencies and resilience

News
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

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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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
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.

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.

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.