Drylands are particularly challenging for agriculture and food production. In this regard, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) would like to promote more broadly the agronomic practices effective for optimizing crop production in dryland agro-ecosystems. FAO is keen to [...]

This webinar is organised with support from the European Union and the German Federal Foreign Office. Anticipatory Action (AA) webinar series: Anticipatory Action for livelihood protection and food security: Concepts and practices for a system-wide shift from reactive to preventive approaches to crises 19 November 2020 [...]

Don’t miss out on learning about the exciting ways champions and practitioners are building resilience in their countries and communities.  PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PROGRAMME IS IN EAST AFRICAN TIME (UTC/GMT+3) Important update In light of the continuing COVID-19 crisis, the Knowledge Share Fair, [...]

Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for China back to 2000, resulting [...]

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. The data and the analyses in this report were prepared before the [...]