Food security situation deteriorating in northern areas due to heightened violence
17/07/2019
Highlights:
In northern areas, an upsurge of violence by armed groups since early 2019 is severely damaging rural livelihood systems and driving widespread internal displacements.
The number of displaced people is currently estimated at about 220 000, almost five times the caseload [...]
April - June 2019
12/04/2019
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). It provides a quarterly forward-looking analysis of major disaster risks to food security and agriculture, [...]
Successful approaches from different regions
21/12/2018
This publication presents different climate-smart approaches for the agricultural sectors to achieve the three pillars of climate-smart agriculture (CSA):
to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and improve the incomes and livelihoods of farmers;
to build resilience and adaptation to climate change;
to reduce and/or [...]
Elevated risk of deterioration in food security in pastoral areas across the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin
03/07/2018
Poor rains in 2017 affected livestock across the pastoral areas of the Sahel. Persisting insecurity hampers access of animals to the grazing areas in northeastern Nigeria, northern Mali and the Lake Chad Region. Large concentrations of livestock in safe areas [...]
Monthly Report on Food Price Trends
16/02/2018
The latest issue of the FPMA (Food Price Monitoring and Analysis) Bulletin FAO/GIEWS monthly report has been released. The monthly FPMA Bulletin reports food price trends at world, regional and country level with a focus on countries where prices of one or more basic food commodity are [...]