Special Report
27/05/2020
IMPORTANT: This report is based on information gathered in South Sudan up to December 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, and thus the assessment does not take into consideration the impacts of the virus on the food security and [...]
22/05/2020
In Bangladesh, the FAO Upazila to Community (U2C) initiative believes that by giving training on vaccination, biosecurity and surveillance to women, who are usually the custodians of livestock, it is possible to improve livestock health and ensure food security in their communities.
In [...]
Findings from the CaLP commissioned high level briefing paper at the time of COVID-19
21/05/2020
This webinar is part of the Linking Social Protection with humanitarian cash webinar series, of the Grand Bargain Cash Sub Group on linking social protection and humanitarian cash transfers co-led by UNICEF, IFRC and DFID. The webinar is based on a project [...]
FAO’s component of the Global COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan
19/05/2020
At the beginning of April, the 2020 edition of the Global Report on Food Crises was issued, presenting a stark warning for the future. In 2019 – prior to the COVID-19 pandemic – 135 million people experienced Crisis (Integrated Food [...]
Tropical Cyclone Harold caused widespread damage to the agriculture sector
08/05/2020
Highlights:
The passing of Cyclone Harold on 6 April 2020 caused extensive damage to the agriculture sector, including losses of main staples and export crops.
About half of the total population is estimated to be in need of assistance due to the [...]