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29/10/2026

In 2025, Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), contributed SEK 81 million (USD 8.1 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

10/06/2026

The Ca Mau province in southern Viet Nam is one of the most drought prone areas of the Mekong Delta. From 2023/2024, an El Niño-induced drought began intensifying in March.

10/06/2026

When forecasts warned of an agricultural drought in Isabela Province in late 2023, the Building on Social Protection for Anticipatory Action and Response in Emergencies and Disasters (B-SPARED) pilot project enabled FAO and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the Philippines to provide early support to over 4 000 people through cash, tools, and water-management assistance.

15/10/2025

Timor-Leste relies heavily on the agricultural sector, which employs about 70 percent of the population.

07/08/2026

In 2025, rising humanitarian needs coincided with a sharp decline in global funding, placing unprecedented pressure on the humanitarian system and accelerating the push for more efficient, locally driven approaches.

18/06/2026

Developing strong El Niño conditions are set to intensify droughts and floods across Africa, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean, putting millions of food‑insecure people at risk through 2027.

26/05/2026

This good practice factsheet documents FAO’s anticipatory action in response to El Niño across eight countries in Latin America and the Caribbean between June 2023 and February 2024.

25/05/2026

Conflict, disasters and displacement have reached record levels globally, leaving millions of people unable to return home and severely undermining food security and resilience, particularly in rural contexts.

07/05/2026

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.

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...