FAO emergencies and resilience

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Hunger intensifies in South Sudan as 7.8 million people face high acute food insecurity and 2.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition
28/04/2026

Conflict and displacement drive worsening crisis, with risk of famine in hardest-hit areas; nearly 700,000 children in danger of severe and deadly malnutrition

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Acute food insecurity and malnutrition remain alarmingly high as crises deepen, UN, EU and partners warn in new report
24/04/2026

Over the past decade acute hunger numbers have doubled, while funding retreats to 2016 levels

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27/04/2026

FAO’s project entitled ‘Improving anticipation and preparedness for risks affecting fragile areas and food crises in Burkina Faso’, funded by the European Union, aimed at improving the capacity of communities and technical services involved in disaster management to anticipate and prepare for climate and security risks.

13/11/2025

Engaging communities is at the heart of FAO’s emergency and resilience work. In the field of anticipatory action—where the window between a warning and a potential hazard is often very short—community participation is critical to ensure that interventions are tailored, timely, inclusive and effective.

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Anticipatory action

FAO is forging a way for a faster, more effective humanitarian system by shifting from disaster response to anticipation.

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KORE - Knowledge and learning in action

Knowledge management is about identifying, co-creating and sharing solutions to help solve challenges, so others can learn from and apply them. 

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