On 21 April 2020, the Global Network against Food Crises – an international alliance working to address the root causes of extreme hunger – will release the latest figures on how many people are facing acute hunger and malnutrition in [...]

This video showcases lessons learned about El Niño phenomenon identified and documented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The video was carried out by the Climate and Environment Division under the auspices of the new [...]

This briefing presents issues that decision-makers in island nations need to address to craft national or regional strategies for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and water security planning. DRR policies, and the resulting strategies and action plans are the basis for [...]

Violent storms, extended droughts, crop pests, animal diseases – these are just a few of the multiple types of hazards that are increasingly undermining the livelihoods of the world’s 2.5 billion agriculture-reliant people – and causing billions of dollars in [...]

The World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling-up investments to build community assets, promote education, improve nutrition and health, and create jobs for young people in the G5 Sahel countries – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Mali and Niger. The aim is [...]