FAO emergencies and resilience

Publications
01/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) La Niña Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, first launched in August 2024 and updated in January 2025, seeks urgent funding to address the escalating risks and potential impacts on agriculture and food security.

01/2025

The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to erode rural resilience and disrupt agricultural livelihoods and supply chains, particularly in frontline oblasts such as Khersonska and Odeska.

01/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with other members of the IPC Technical Working Group in Madagascar (Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes, Vulnerability Assessment Committee, l’Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage, and the World Food Programme) to assess the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in thirty-six districts.

01/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the National Statistical Institute and the Civil Protection Services, conducted an assessment to evaluate the impact of El Niño‑induced events on agricultural production and livelihoods in 11 municipalities located in Angola’s four southwestern provinces – Benguela, Cunene, Huíla and Namibe.

01/2025

The El Niño phenomenon is a natural climatic event characterized by the anomalous warming of waters of the intertropical Pacific Ocean, causing changes in climate patterns around the world.

01/2025

The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia contributed USD 7.76 million to the FAO project, "Emergency support to protect the agriculture, livestock and fishery-based livelihoods of highly vulnerable conflict and COVID-19 affected populations in Yemen", which was implemented from 26 July 2020 to 30 June 2024. The project aimed to enhance crop, livestock and fishery production among vulnerable households in four selected governorates in Yemen.

01/2025

Extreme climate vulnerability, conflicts between livestock and crop farmers, inflation of rice, fuel and agricultural inputs prices, depreciation of Leones, low wages and pandemics have increased the pre-existing vulnerabilities in Sierra Leone, thereby, contributing to high food insecurity and malnutrition in the country.

01/2025

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a ninth-round assessment conducted in October and November 2024 in Mali.

01/2025

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a sixth-round assessment conducted in September and October 2024 in Cameroon.

12/2024

This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a twelfth-round assessment conducted in September and October 2024 in Sierra Leone.

12/2024

The Government of the United States of America, through the United States Agency for International Development – Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, contributed USD 500 000 to FAO's project entitled “Regional project to enhance preparedness and response to acute food insecurity of vulnerable households in the Sahel and West Africa”.

12/2024

Widespread displacement is putting agricultural production at risk in Lebanon, with many households unable to access their land and farms safely.

12/2024

This document presents the highlights of an impact assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Tanzania Vulnerability Assessment Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Crop and Livestock Departments, and the World Food Programme, to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in the United Republic of Tanzania.

12/2024

This document presents the highlights of an impact assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, the World Food Programme and the Department of Disaster Management Affairs to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in ten districts across Malawi.

12/2024

The United States of America contributed USD 2 974 318 to FAO’s project entitled “Risk mitigation and management of health threats from animals in Viet Nam”.

12/2024

In Haiti, alarming levels of armed gang violence continue to trigger significant population displacement within the country and limit the circulation of goods, contributing to increased prices of basic foodstuffs.

12/2024

This document presents the highlights of an impact assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, and the Office of the Prime Minister, to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in 14 regions of Namibia.

12/2024

Since March 2024, Afghanistan has experienced heavy rains. Major flood damage has been reported in several provinces, with extensive and severe impacts.

12/2024

The Republic of Korea funded FAO's project OSRO/CVI/054/ROK entitled “Safeguarding food security and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations in Cabo Verde” for USD 100 000.

12/2024

In 2024, escalating violence drove extreme hunger crises from Gaza and the Sudan to Haiti. The number of people facing, or projected to face, catastrophic hunger conditions more than doubled, rising from 705 000 in 2023 to 1.9 million people by mid-2024 across five countries/territories.