The conflict may have eased, but producing food remains an immense challenge. Climatic shocks, lack of extension services and prohibitive input costs are leaving many families without the means to produce the food they depend on.
This video showcases FAO’s efforts to strengthen resilient livelihoods among conflict-affected communities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) States through the “Emergency agricultural livelihoods and protection assistance in Northeast Nigeria” project.
With support from the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF), FAO provided 500 kg of supplementary animal feed to each of 11 072 livestock-keeping households (66 400 people) across Al-Hasakeh, Ar-Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, helping families protect the productive assets they depend on for food security and livelihoods.
Before Eid al-Adha, millions of animals are bought, sold and slaughtered across Afghanistan, increasing the risk of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a disease transmitted from animals to people primarily through the bite of infected ticks.
In Myanmar, nearly one-third of the population faces acute food insecurity as conflict, displacement and recurrent shocks disrupt livelihoods, leaving small-scale farmers struggling to produce food and meet their basic needs.