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 [...]

There is growing evidence of the effects of climate change in Ethiopia – rainfall is becoming less predictable, with late onset, early cessation and poor spatial and temporal distribution; the impacts of El Niño and La Niña are becoming more [...]

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 [...]

Against the background of fast expanding trade and a surge in food import bills, which has come to characterise much of the developments shaping global food markets in 2020/21, early forecasts for 2021/22 point to resilient food trade and a [...]

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre's (IDMC) Global Report on Internal Displacement is the official repository of data and analysis on internal displacement. This year's GRID discusses the relationship between climate change, disasters and displacement, and presents good practices from across the [...]