África occidental y central
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
Photo Collection
Malí: Medidas preventivas para mitigar el riesgo de inundaciones en el Sahel
20/02/2024
Ver esta galería de fotos en Flickr.
Photo Collection
Nigeria:Encuesta sobre insumos agrícolas (primera ronda) del Sistema de seguimiento de datos sobre situaciones de emergencia (DIEM-Seguimiento)
08/07/2024
Vea la colección de fotos en Flickr
Reducing food losses for smallholders in food deficit areas: a project by the Rome-based UN agencies
02/10/2020
The video presents the main achievements of the UN Rome-based Agencies project ““Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas” project, jointly implemented by the Rome-Based UN Agencies (RBA)”
Improving the resilience of family farmers to climate change
13/12/2018
FAO, IFAD and national governments are supporting family farmers from West and Central Africa to adapt small-scale irrigation systems to climate change to be more resilient.
Mehaou – A Nigerien Grandmother and farmer
11/02/2020
This video tells the story of Mehaou, an inspiring Nigerien farmer and grandmother who has overcome many challenges to provide for her family - including rearing, breeding and selling goats
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 Africa
Andrea Berloffa, FAO Yemen, visits an animal vaccination campaign
27/08/2021
Andrea Berloffa, Senior Emergency and Resilience Coordinator, FAO Yemen, takes us to an animal vaccination campaign in the village of Qusailah.
FAO empowers young Syrians with knowledge on digital agriculture
18/05/2022
FAO, through its Smallholder Support Programme, has introduced digital agriculture to Syrians to promote innovation and digitalization
FAO, IFAD and WFP interventions in Niger
08/06/2022
By rehabilitating a water pond and stocking it with fish, FAO, IFAD and WFP have contributed to improve the food security of local communities.
Action Against Desertification - Burkina Faso
08/01/2020
Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to restore drylands and degraded lands in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Gender equality and women empowerment in food and agriculture
16/11/2020
In Chadakori, Niger, the women of the Dimitra clubs piloted free sessions of training on composting techniques
Saving livelihoods and building farmers’ resilience in Nigeria
11/10/2021
As some parts of northeast Nigeria start recording relative stability, more farmers are returning to their villages.
Bringing microfinance to rural areas in Mali to improve women's lives
08/03/2022
A micro-credit scheme for rural areas in Mali has been decisive in making a real impact on women
Pastoralist livelihood and education field schools in South Sudan
20/06/2020
In South Sudan, FAO and UNESCO, with support from the European Union, are providing literacy and numeracy lessons for nomadic pastoralists living in cattle camps.
Support beekeepers to restore honey production in Yemen
19/05/2022
The livelihoods of Yemeni beekeepers have been severely disrupted by ongoing conflict and economic shocks.
Abdulla Tobal builds a fodder pressing device to help his neighbors
20/04/2022
Abdullah Tobal, a smallholder herder from Tal Hasel in As-Sfira, Aleppo Governorate, had an idea to build a press to preserve fodder after he attended one of FAO’s farmer field schools
Helping drought-affected people protect their livelihood in Somalia
10/05/2022
Rural communities in Somalia are hit hard by the severe drought the country is facing. This is causing them irreversible losses and threatening both their lives and livelihood
Las repercusiones de la guerra en Ucrania en la seguridad alimentaria mundial
13/04/2022
Las repercusiones de la guerra en Ucrania en la seguridad alimentaria mundial
FAO's response to global food security risks due to war in Ukraine - Interview with Maximo Torero
28/04/2022
In a world with 166 more million people chronically undernourished and 3 billion people with no access to healthy diets
La FAO distribuyó semillas de papa a los agricultores en Ucrania
26/05/2022
La FAO distribuyó semillas de papa a los agricultores en Ucrania
Providing lifesaving and sustainable assistance for farmers and herders in Afghanistan
21/11/2021
As winter approaches, farmers and herders in Afghanistan face many challenges: the recent droughts, along with the economic upheaval, and rural migrations leave more than 18 million people unable to feed themselves on a daily basis
FAO East Africa: The Battle Against Locust
22/09/2021
East Africa has scored big wins in its battle against the largest invasion of locust in living memory: more than 2 million hectares of land surveyed and treated.