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Enhancing food security and sustaining livelihoods through social protection in Somalia
01/2026

Somalia faces protracted crises driven by climate shocks, conflict and disease, resulting in recurrent food insecurity and high poverty.

Bangladesh: Belgium's contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
01/2026

Through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA), the Government of Belgium contributed USD 600 000 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to strengthen food security and livelihoods for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Madagascar: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028 (In French)
01/2026

Madagascar is facing a deep and multidimensional crisis, marked by acute food insecurity, chronic malnutrition, the erosion of livelihoods, and worsening health risks.

Nigeria: DIEM-Monitoring emergency agriculture support brief, November 2025
01/2026

This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in Nigeria in September 2025

Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO, Annual report 2024
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)

Gaza Strip: Belgium's contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA)
01/2026

Through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA), the Government of Belgium contributed USD 1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support the restoration of food production and livelihoods in the Gaza Strip.

Digital vouchers as a market-based instrument for seed sector commercialization in Afghanistan, Phase I: Early findings
01/2026

Under the Emergency Food Security Project (EFSP), funded by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a large‑scale seed commercialization initiative in Afghanistan.

Haiti: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028 (In French)
01/2026

Haiti is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and security crisis, with 51 percent of the population — 5.7 million people — in acute food insecurity.

Myanmar: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028
01/2026

Myanmar continues to face compounded humanitarian, economic and environmental shocks that are undermining agricultural livelihoods and food security, particularly among conflict-affected and displaced rural households.

Central African Republic: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028 (In French)
01/2026

La République centrafricaine est confrontée à une combinaison de crises humanitaires, socioéconomiques et climatiques qui détériorent la sécurité alimentaire et fragilisent les moyens de subsistance des populations.

Sudan: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028
01/2026

Since the eruption of conflict in April 2023, the Sudan is now the world’s largest humanitarian, displacement and hunger crisis, with conditions continuing to deteriorate rapidly.

Sri Lanka: Cyclone Ditwah – Urgent call for assistance
01/2026

Cyclone Ditwah has triggered one of the most severe climate shocks Sri Lanka has faced in decades, compounding vulnerabilities already heightened by prolonged economic crisis and instability.

Priority countries: Belgium, Germany and Norway’s contributions through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
01/2026

In 2025, global food security faced unprecedented challenges. Humanitarian needs remain at record levels, yet funding continues to decline.

Somalia: Durable solutions for internally displaced people
12/2025

This learning brief documents the experiences and insights gained from the third phase of the United Nations Joint Action for Building Resilience in Somalia (JRP III), a multi-agency initiative implemented in the Gedo region. Since 2018, the programme – funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through KfW Development Bank – has aimed to improve health, nutrition, education, and food security for vulnerable communities.

Cameroon: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028
12/2025

Cameroon faces overlapping humanitarian crises that threaten food security and resilience.

West Bank: DIEM – Data in Emergencies brief on the food security and livelihoods of agricultural households, October 2025
12/2025

This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in the West Bank from June to August 2025.

South Sudan: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028
12/2025

Since gaining independence in 2011, South Sudan has faced recurring conflict, climate shocks and economic fragility that have left its population highly vulnerable and food insecure.

Niger: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028 (In French)
12/2025

In Niger, the humanitarian crisis is marked by its complexity, its protracted nature and its multidimensional impacts.

Ukraine: Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan 2026–2028
12/2025

The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to disrupt agriculture, damaging assets, limiting market access and leaving large areas of farmland contaminated with unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war.

Burkina Faso: Emergency and Resilience Plan, 2026–2028 (In French)
12/2025

Burkina Faso is facing a combination of interdependent crises marked by persistent insecurity, the effects of climate change, accelerated environmental degradation, and intense demographic pressure.