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Saving livelihoods saves lives
23/05/2019
In recent years, the number of people experiencing acute hunger has been persistently high. And 2018 was no exception. Some 113 million people in 53 countries were acutely hungry last year.
The United Republic of Tanzania Resilience Strategy 2019–2022
07/06/2019
Agriculture is the backbone of the economy in the United Republic of Tanzania. The sector contributes to about 30 percent of the gross domestic product, while supporting about 80 percent of rural livelihoods and producing about 95 percent of the country’s food requirements.
Transhumance and agropastoralism in the Central African Republic (in FRENCH)
04/11/2019
Avec environ 16 millions d’ha de pâturage, largement sous exploités, presque autant de terres cultivables et un réseau hydrographique dense et présent sur tout le territoire national, la République centrafricaine constitue une zone clé pour la survie du bétail en Afrique centrale.
Desert Locust crisis: Appeal for rapid response and anticipatory action in the Greater Horn of Africa January–December 2020
26/02/2020
The worst desert locust outbreak in decades is underway in the Greater Horn of Africa, where tens of thousands of hectares of cropland and pasture have been damaged in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, with potentially severe consequences for agriculture-based livelihoods in contexts where food security is already fragile.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers and vulnerable populations
05/03/2020
Despite its vast natural resources, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is still experiencing the second largest food crisis in the world after Yemen.
Nigeria: Better yields for FAO-supported farmers
18/03/2020
Northeastern Nigeria has faced significant instability for over a decade due to an armed insurgency. More than 1.8 million people remain displaced by the crisis across Adamawa,
Using unmanned aerial vehicles to improve post-disaster assessment and validation of agricultural damages in the Philippines
16/04/2020
In 2015, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collaborated to pilot an unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-based methodology for pre- and post-disaster assessment in the Bicol and Davao Regions in order to mainstream innovative ways to enhance Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the agriculture sector.
West Africa: Desert locust crisis appeal (May–December 2020)
21/05/2020
Recent forecasts by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have indicated a risk of locust invasion in West Africa from June 2020.
FAO's role in humanitarian contexts
16/07/2020
The number of people experiencing hunger – both chronic and acute – has been persistently high in recent years. The 2019 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World indicates that the number of people facing hunger rose to 820 million in 2018, up from 811 million in 2017.
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security: 2021
18/03/2021
On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and rising sea levels, humanity and our food security face a range of new and unprecedented hazards, such as megafires, extreme weather events, desert locust swarms of magnitudes previously unseen, and the COVID-19 pandemic.