Publications
Anticipatory action: Annual report 2025
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.
Uganda: Project highlights – OSRO/UGA/076/JPN
08/2026
The Government of Japan contributed USD 1 161 610 to FAO's project ''Enhancing flood management in Uganda with integrated early warning systems to contribute to women, peace and security''.
Mozambique: Project highlights – OSRO/MOZ/147/JPN
08/2026
Emergency agricultural livelihoods support to vulnerable displaced households, host communities and smallholder farmers in Cabo Delgado and Niassa provinces
Sierra Leone: Project highlights
08/2026
To support the implementation of quality-assured national surveillance programmes for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial use and consumption through a One Health approach, strengthening evidence generation, data use, laboratory capacity and national coordination.
Afghanistan: Protecting the 2027 wheat harvest, Urgent call for assistance
08/2026
The 2026 Middle East Crisis has triggered a sharp rise in global fertilizer prices, placing essential agricultural inputs beyond the reach of many smallholder farmers in Afghanistan.
Northeastern Nigeria: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
08/2026
Northeastern Nigeria – particularly Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States – continues to face a protracted humanitarian crisis driven by conflict, displacement, economic hardship and climate shocks.
Zambia: Project highlights – OSRO/ZAM/088/JPN
08/2026
The Government of Japan contributed USD 750 000 to FAO's project ''Emergency response to El Niño drought on smallholder farmers in Zambia to enhance resilience''.
Somalia: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
08/2026
Through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA), the Government of Belgium contributed USD 1 013 818 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the implementation of anticipatory actions in Somalia, to safeguard the livelihoods of riverine communities against the impact of floods.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
07/2026
Belgium contributes funding to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) to support vulnerable households in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to grow food and rebuild their lives.
The Sudan: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
07/2026
Belgium contributes funding to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) to provide emergency livestock health and feed support to vulnerable pastoral and agropastoral communities in the Sudan.
Global: Project highlights – OSRO/GLO/032/JPN
07/2026
Preparedness and response to high impact animal health events
Honduras: Plan de Emergencia y Resiliencia, 2026-28
07/2026
El Plan de Emergencia y Resiliencia 2026-28 de la FAO en Honduras constituye una respuesta integral para hacer frente a la crisis agroalimentaria que afecta al país, agravada por choques climáticos recurrentes, la degradación ambiental y las vulnerabilidades estructurales de los medios de vida rurales.
Lebanon: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
07/2026
Through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities, the Government of Belgium contributed USD 800 000 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support conflict-affected farming communities in Lebanon.
Eritrea: Project highlights – OSRO/ERI/022/JPN
07/2026
Emergency support to vulnerable pastoralists and agropastoralists in response to lumpy skin disease outbreaks in the Gash Barka, Debub, Anseba and Maekel regions
Priority countries: Sweden’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
07/2026
Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), provides flexible funding to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for emergency agricultural response and anticipatory action where it is needed most.
El Salvador: Plan de Emergencia y Resiliencia, 2026-28
07/2026
La inseguridad alimentaria en El Salvador se ha agravado en los últimos años debido al aumento de los precios de los alimentos, los impactos del cambio climático y otras amenazas que afectan especialmente a los hogares rurales dependientes de la agricultura.
Mauritania: Project highlights – OSRO/MAU/048/JPN
07/2026
Supporting the resilience of agropastoral communities to foster peace between host, refugee and returnee populations in Hodh El Chargui
Gaza Strip: Time-critical support to farming households to restore local production of nutritious food and enhance food security
06/2026
With funding from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting 280 farming households in the Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis governorates of the Gaza Strip with conditional cash assistance to rehabilitate agricultural land and procure locally available production inputs.
Niger: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028, Summary Note (In French)
06/2026
In Niger, the humanitarian crisis is driven by a combination of factors, including armed conflict, persistent insecurity, and increasingly severe climate shocks.
El Niño: FAO–WFP Joint Anticipatory Action Appeal, June 2026–March 2027
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.