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Community engagement in anticipatory action: Compendium of experiences and good practices from focus countries
07/06/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as one of the leading operational organizations implementing anticipatory action and providing technical advice and normative guidance on corresponding approaches in the agriculture and food security sector, has embarked on a project funded by the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development...
Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO, Annual report 2024
26/01/2026
In 2024, the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development CooperationAgency (Sida), contributed SEK 74 million (USD 7.15 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations (FAO)
Priority countries: Belgium, Germany and Norway’s contributions through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
05/01/2026
In 2025, global food security faced unprecedented challenges. Humanitarian needs remain at record levels, yet funding continues to decline.
Anticipatory action: Annual report 2024
03/11/2025
In 2024, acute hunger affected over 295 million people globally, continuing a six-year upward trend driven by conflict, climate extremes and economic instability.
Cameroon: Reducing humanitarian needs in the Far North by scaling up anticipatory actions
04/08/2025
In Cameroon, the Far North region is grappling with a worsening multidimensional crisis – climatic, humanitarian and security-related – that severely undermines peoples' food security.
Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) – Annual report 2024
19/05/2025
The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to take rapid and effective action in response to food and agricultural threats and emergencies.
Annual report 2024: Norway’s contribution to the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities
09/05/2025
The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to respond swiftly and flexibly to food and agricultural emergencies.
El Niño 2023–2024: Evidence from FAO's anticipatory action interventions - May 2025
06/05/2025
Ahead of the 2023–2024 El Niño-induced hazards, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented anticipatory actions in 24 countries, reaching 1.7 million people with timely and preventive support.
Saving lives, time and money: Evidence from anticipatory action - May 2025
06/05/2025
In the context of an existential funding crisis, soaring levels of humanitarian need and a spiralling number of extreme weather events, each dollar spent must go further.
Sweden’s contribution to FAO’s emergencies operations, March 2025
28/03/2025
Sweden has reinforced its commitment to global food security with a total contribution of SEK 73 million (USD 7.23 million) to FAO’s emergencies operations in 2025.