FAO emergencies and resilience

Analysis and evidence

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Timely and accurate agriculture-related food security and risk analysis data is fundamental to support and trigger FAO’s evidence-based emergency and resilience programming. 

This entails:

  • Understanding vulnerability and food insecurity
  • Risk monitoring, triggers and early warning systems
  • Anticipating shocks and anticipatory action plans
  • Emergency needs assessments and response analysis
  • Post-disaster needs assessments and recovery analysis  

Key agriculture-related food security and risk analysis tools include:

News
News
Window of opportunity to prevent famine in Somalia is closing, Principals of Inter-Agency Standing Committee warn
05/09/2022

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu joins heads of IASC in a statement

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News
War in Ukraine: FAO renews appeal to bolster agriculture and provide urgent support to vulnerable rural households
19/04/2022

Over $115 million urgently needed to assist Ukrainian farmers and rural households through December 2022

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News
Strengthening Kenya’s veterinary laboratories to combat transboundary animal diseases
24/03/2022

With support from FAO and USAID, Kenya’s Central Veterinary Laboratory has received ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation after meeting international standards...

Publications
Publications
West Bank: DIEM – Data in Emergencies brief on the food security and livelihoods of agricultural households, October 2025
12/2025

This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in the...

Publications
Nigeria: DIEM-Impact rapid analysis of the impact of flooding on agriculture, October 2025
12/2025

The main rainy season in Nigeria takes place from May to October in the north, and from February to November in the south. Flooding has become a recurrent...

Publications
Sudan – Al Jazirah: DIEM-Monitoring emergency agriculture support brief, October 2025
12/2025

This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in Al Jazirah...

 
 
Multimedia
Video
The added value of the Data in Emergencies information system
08/07/2022

In recognition of the need to better understand the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods in food crisis contexts, the Food and Agriculture Organization...

Video
Data in Emergencies information system introductory video
08/07/2022

In recognition of the need to better understand the impact of shocks on agricultural livelihoods in food crisis contexts, the Food and Agriculture Organization...