FAO's work in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
FAO has implemented an array of tools to support policy analyses and assess the impact of COVID-19 on on food and agriculture, value chains, food prices, food security across the globe.
- Urgent policy measures
- Policy briefs
- Policy responses
- Big data | Daily updates
- Food policy warnings
- Crop calendars
Strengthening food production and distribution systems is key to fighting hunger and entails helping tackle diseases wherever they emerge in humans, animals, plants or the environment. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health crisis, and FAO is playing a role in assessing and responding to its potential impacts on people’s life and livelihoods, global food trade, markets, food supply chains and livestock. FAO believes this will allow countries to anticipate and mitigate possible disruptions the pandemic may trigger for people’s food security and livelihoods, avoiding panic-driven reactions that can aggravate disruptions and deteriorate the food and nutrition security of the most vulnerable.FAO is working closely with WHO, WFP, IFAD and OIE and other partners, harnessing broad networks to drive further research, support ongoing investigations and share critical knowledge.
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Survey on the CFS Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has launched a survey to collect experiences and good practices in the use and application of the CFS Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (CFS-FFA).
This survey complements an earlier call for inputs issued in March 2019 and will contribute to monitoring progress on the use and application of the CFS-FFA, both from a qualitative and quantitative perspective.
The survey is available in English, French and Spanish and you are welcome to provide your answers in any of the six UN languages. Deadline is the 30 April 2020.
For additional information, please contact [email protected].
Informes y resúmenes
Disaster risk reduction at farm level: Multiple benefits, no regrets
This report presents the findings of a multi-year FAO study undertaken on over 900 farms in ten different countries that measured, using field data, benefits gained through the use of innovative farming practices designed to boost the resilience of farmers in the face of natural disasters and other...
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Crop prospects and food situation, July 2019 – Issue No. 2
According to this report, 41 countries, of which 31 are in Africa, continue to be in need of external assistance for food, including Yemen where, in the December 2018−January 2019 period, about 15.9 million people faced severe acute food insecurity.
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Food security and violent conflict: Introduction to the special issue
We review briefly recent trends in food security and violent conflict and the quantitative literature discussing their interactions, as reflected by the papers in this special issue. We find a large diversity in experiences of food security and conflict, posing a challenge for causal identification...
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Monitoring food security in countries with conflict situations
The report provides an overview of the magnitude, severity and drivers of acute food insecurity in eight countries and regions that have the world’s highest burden of people in need of emergency food, nutrition and livelihood assistance as a result of protracted conflict combined with other factors...
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Food security and armed conflict: a cross-country analysis
The report analyses the relation between conflict and food security, using country-level data that cover 106 countries in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America between 1961 and 2011. The results highlight the negative correlation between conflict and food security, illustrating how certain...
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Consultas
¿Qué pueden enseñarnos los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo (PEID) a la hora de abordar la relación entre pobreza y cambio climático?
Los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo (PEID) comparten una singular y particular vulnerabilidad, que resulta en un complejo conjunto de desafíos ambientales, de seguridad alimentaria y nutricionales. Aprender de los PEID sobre cómo enfrentarse a los impactos relacionados con el cambio climático en estos aspectos, podría ser fundamental no solo para otros pequeños Estados, sino también para el resto del mundo. Los resultados aquí reunidos se incorporarán a un trabajo en curso para ayudar a los países a abordar la interrelación entre la pobreza y el cambio climático en las zonas costeras, las comunidades costeras y los PEID.
Informes y resúmenes
Early Warning Early Action report on food security and agriculture
The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through its EWEA. The system aims to translate forecasts and early warnings into anticipatory action. This report specifically highlights...
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Resúmenes de las consultas
Migración rural, agricultura y desarrollo rural
Esta nota informativa del Foro FSN se basa en la discusión en línea celebrada entre septiembre y octubre de 2017 sobre Migración rural, agricultura y desarrollo rural, facilitada por Andrea Cattaneo de la FAO. Participantes de 28 países comentaron el proyecto del borrador inicial anotado de la...