Facilitated by IDEAL, the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event will create an opportunity for emergency and non-emergency practitioners of USAID/Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance-funded activities to: Pause and reflect on the lessons learned so far from implementing emergency and non-emergency food security activities during the COVID-19 pandemic;  Explore [...]

A global hunger crisis – fuelled by conflict, economic turbulence and climate-related shocks – has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger has risen since the onset of the pandemic. The International [...]

We would like to invite you to our new online activity “Call for action: ending child labour in agriculture with the help of agricultural stakeholders”, facilitated by Bernd Seiffert from FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division.The UN General Assembly declared 2021 as [...]

This webinar is organised with support from the European Union. Tuesday 18 May 2021 – 13.30 - 15.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2) Share your feedback on the event Speakers: Alberto di Grazia, Agricultural Officer (Cash and Vouchers), FAO Mozambique Simone Alzari, Management Information System (MIS) Unit Coordinator, Office [...]

The magnitude and severity of food crises worsened in 2020 as protracted conflict, the economic fallout of COVID-19 and weather extremes exacerbated pre-existing fragilities. Forecasts point to a grim outlook for 2021, with the threat of Famine persisting in some [...]