Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
22/08/2025
FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition
Gaza Strip: 98.5 percent of cropland unavailable for cultivation as famine looms
09/08/2025
Food production cannot be reactivated without a significant shift in accessibility, safety, investments and support for local communities and livelihoods
Afghanistan: FAO and UK launch GBP 10 million initiative to boost rural resilience and food security
04/08/2025
New partnership to help over 150,000 people enhance food production, incomes and climate resilience across 15 provinces by May 2026
Farming through drought
07/08/2025
With seeds, knowledge, and collective action, families like Evarito and Fazminha’s are cultivating food, confidence and resilience in the face of the climate crisis
UN agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza
29/07/2025
Gaza faces the grave risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert.
Ready, set, anticipate!
10/07/2025
Five essentials anticipatory action saves in case emergencies strike
Sudan: FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
30/06/2025
A vital initiative to boost local food production and restore livelihoods amid ongoing conflict
Cleaner energy for displaced lives
20/06/2025
Reducing host and displaced community tensions around natural resources in Djibouti
FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots; five with immediate risk of starvation
16/06/2025
Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch
Conflict, displacement and disease drive food insecurity and malnutrition to alarming levels in parts of South Sudan
12/06/2025
From FAO Office in South Sudan
Ukraine: rural communities need immediate support to plant and produce food amid ongoing war
02/06/2025
From FAO Office in Ukraine
Gaza’s agricultural infrastructure continues to deteriorate at alarming rate
26/05/2025
Available cropland now at less than five percent, according to latest geospatial assessment from FAO and UNOSAT
116 Aid organizations call for immediate action to pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe
21/05/2025
FAO joins global humanitarian community's appeal to avert catastrophic conditions in Yemen
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report
16/05/2025
In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reached a record high
Gaza: With famine looming, FAO urges immediate access to save livelihoods and food production
12/05/2025
New IPC analysis reveals alarming escalation in food insecurity due to ongoing hostilities and blockades
FAO wins prize for geospatial project in Zimbabwe
07/05/2025
Initiative has helped country tap satellite data to improve its own agricultural statistics and drought and flood modelling capacities
FAO warns: Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
05/05/2025
Europe is facing its worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth since the start of the century
Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season
29/04/2025
FAO calls to enhance monitoring and initiate early control measures in affected countries