Oficina de Emergencias y Resiliencia de la FAO

África occidental y central

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África occidental y central sigue enfrentándose a una inseguridad e inestabilidad política prolongadas, con conflictos en el Sahel central y la cuenca del lago Chad (Burkina Faso, Camerún, Chad, Malí, Níger y Nigeria) y violencia armada persistente en países del África central, como la República Centroafricana. Los efectos de tales retos se acentúan por los fenómenos climáticos extremos, los brotes de enfermedades y las crisis económicas, incluso debido a las consecuencias socioeconómicas de la pandemia de COVID 19. La pobreza extrema en la región ha aumentado y los efectos combinados de estos factores han deteriorado de la inseguridad alimentaria y la malnutrición, especialmente en las zonas afectadas por conflictos. Una de ellas es la República Democrática del Congo, que continúa sufriendo la mayor crisis alimentaria del mundo.

Noticias
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Abundancia menguante
12/01/2026

Las comunidades recurren a la agricultura y la apicultura para adaptarse al cambio climático en el Camerún

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En el informe de alerta temprana de la FAO y el PMA se revela un empeoramiento del hambre en 13 puntos críticos, cinco de ellos con riesgo inmediato de inanición
16/06/2025

El Sudán, Palestina, Sudán del Sur, Haití y Malí siguen siendo los focos de mayor preocupación, y la República Democrática del Congo vuelve a ser un...

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La inseguridad alimentaria aguda y la malnutrición aumentan por sexto año consecutivo en las regiones más frágiles del mundo (informe)
16/05/2025

En 2024, más de 295 millones de personas en 53 países y territorios se enfrentaron a una situación de hambre aguda —un aumento de casi 14 millones de...

Multimedia
08/03/2023

In the Asia-Pacific region, FAO is working with its Member Nations to help them advance to the 2030 Agenda by achieving the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, better environment and a better life – leaving no one behind. In Sri Lanka, FAO is helping to build better lives through a sustainable urban food system.

16/03/2023

In the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Syria and Türkiye in February 2023, FAO will help rural communities to sustain & recover food production

27/03/2023

FAO's gender policy recognizes that addressing gender inequalities and promoting women's empowerment is a significant element of its intervention.

06/07/2021

Antimicrobial drugs are key in the treatment of diseases, and their use is essential to protect both human and animal health.

01/02/2023

In increasingly complex development and humanitarian contexts, hunger has reached critical levels.

23/02/2023

Small-scale producers contribute the least to climate change, but are the most at risk of welfare losses due to increasing global temperatures and extreme weather events.

06/04/2021

The FAO project “Strengthening food security and nutrition in the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation, has proven to be an innovative initiative that is concretely contributing to the eradication of rural poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition of the most vulnerable communities in the region.

17/08/2021

Among the millions of Venezuelans who have migrated to Colombia, many have settled in La Guajira, an arid region already struggling with food insecurity and malnutrition.

11/01/2023

The Chitaka Model is an innovative Farmer Field Schools (FFS) tool, that implements smart agriculture with a socio-productive inclusive approach.

08/09/2020

Find out about Nirina, an inspiring small-scale businesswoman who is trying to improve her life, and those of her two daughters, in the remote village of Marovovonana in North-east Madagascar on the edge of the Makira Natural Park.

11/11/2020

The FAO project “Strengthening food security and nutrition in the Caucasus and Central Asia”, funded by the Russian Federation has promoted cross-sectoral collaboration by providing adequate capacity to effectively pursue and manage coherence between agriculture, nutrition, health, education and social protection sectors.

28/10/2021

Central American Dry Corridor Success Story

06/12/2022

FAO, together with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, distributed over 30 000 grain sleeves to support more than 1 500 Ukrainian farmers with temporary storage solutions.

01/04/2021

Morjina Begum is among thousands of farmers in Bangladesh who face floods and other hazards regularly.

20/06/2022

Displaced populations often lack access to land, inputs and services, relying on small-scale and subsistence farming opportunities.

14/02/2022

Richard Trenchard, FAO Representative in Afghanistan visited Herat province and listened to farmers.

30/07/2021

The video describes what conflict-sensitive programming is, why it is important, and outlines three key steps for FAO programming to be conflict-sensitive.

01/12/2020

The Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus aims to bring three sectors into closer alignment to better address both the immediate needs of people affected by conflict as well as the underlying causes of protracted crises.

30/07/2020

Anticipatory Action is an innovative approach which systematically links early warnings to actions designed to protect families and their assets ahead of a hazard.

06/03/2022

FAO, through UNCERF funding, conducted a livestock Cash+ activity in Laasqoray district targeting 1,850 households. All the targeted households were reached, with 50% of these households being female headed ones.