FAO emergencies and resilience

Sudan

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48.2 million
country population

 

25.6 million people
in high acute food insecurity (June–September 2024), including 755 000 people in Catastrophe

 

12.3 million people
displaced, of whom 9.5 million since mid-April 2023

Famine conditions confirmed in Zamzam IDP camp, North Darfur

to assist 9 million people, FAO requires USD 104.1 million for 2024

The ongoing conflict in the Sudan has further exacerbated the food insecurity of people across the country already reeling from the impacts of civil unrest, displacement and an economic crisis. As a result, agriculture – the Sudan’s most important economic sector – continues to be significantly affected by input shortages, a drop in cultivated land and the deterioration of livestock services. FAO is working to significantly scale up crop production and livestock and fisheries support for vulnerable households to enhance local food production in the face of a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions.

Highlights
News
New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
31/10/2024

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories

News
Famine conditions in parts of Sudan: FAO urges at scale life-saving assistance to boost local food production
01/08/2024

In response to alarming new findings confirming famine conditions in parts of Darfur, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

News
FAO and EU sign 47 million euro programme to enhance resilience and food security for pastoralists in Eastern Africa
30/07/2024

The programme is expected to directly benefit more than 100,000 households across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda

 
Key documents
12/2024

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.

10/2024

In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is projected to worsen in 16 hunger hotspots, including a total of 14 countries and two regional clusters which comprise 8 countries, during the outlook period from November 2024 to May 2025.

10/2024

The rapid assessment was conducted using remote sensing technologies by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Data in Emergencies Impact (DIEM‑Impact) System, in addition to field-based contextual information from the country and secondary data.

 
 
Multimedia
Video
FAO’s critical efforts to combat famine in the Sudan through agriculture and livelihoods support
02/12/2024

The video highlights FAO's efforts to respond to the hunger crisis in the Sudan and the threat of famine that looms over different parts of the country....

Video
Action Against Desertification - Sudan
08/02/2021

Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to restore drylands and degraded lands in...

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