Communities at the heart of anticipatory action

13/11/2025

Engaging communities is at the heart of FAO’s emergency and resilience work. In the field of anticipatory action—where the window between a warning and a potential hazard is often very short—community participation is critical to ensure that interventions are tailored, timely, inclusive and effective.

Protecting Gaza’s agriculture and livelihoods

26/10/2025

The conflict in the Gaza Strip has devastated cropland, livestock, and fisheries, leaving communities without the means to produce food. While recent deliveries of aid and limited commercial goods have eased some shortages, food availability and access remain far below current needs.

Local heroes: Tom Brown, tackling malnutrition in Nigeria with local solutions

13/10/2025

The Local Heroes initiative amplifies the voices of local actors working to improve nutrition through sustainable, inclusive agrifood systems.

Safeguarding livelihoods of drought-affected livestock keepers in Afghanistan

07/10/2025

Afghanistan is in the grip of an acute drought, the worst in years. It is hitting farming families hard particularly across north, northwest and northeast provinces. Livestock are at risk.

High-level FAO delegation calls for urgent support to vulnerable farmers in Syria

29/09/2025

A high-level FAO delegation including: Maurizio Martina, FAO Deputy Director-General; Rein Paulsen, Director of the Office of Emergencies and Resilience; AbdulHakim Al Waer, FAO Assistant Director- General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa and Toni Ettel...