
FAO podcast: Peace, critical to tackling hunger
20/09/2019
Between 60 and 80 per cent of people living in fragile and conflict-affected contexts rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and their food security, it is therefore vital to design and implement longer-term approaches in order to build the resilience [...]

Delivering peace, agriculture-led growth and socio-economic transformation in the Horn of Africa
30/07/2019
The IGAD region is exposed to multiple hazards and recurrent shocks such as droughts, floods, socio-economic shocks and conflicts. Most of the population in the IGAD region rely on agriculture for their livelihoods, have limited capacity to cope with the [...]

26/06/2019
Main findings
The assessment revealed the following key findings:
The refugee influx from South Sudan has led to an increase in the rate of degradation and tree loss, both inside the West Nile refugee settlements and around their boundaries, with accelerated land [...]

About 2.2 million Somalis facing severe food insecurity as drought conditions worsen
15/05/2019
Highlights:
Between July and September 2019, 2.2 million people, almost 18 percent of the total population, are expected to face severe food insecurity.
The projected food insecure caseload is 40 percent higher than the estimate at the beginning of 2019, as drought [...]

02/05/2019
More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above). The worst food crises in 2018 were, in order of severity, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, [...]
