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Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report

16/05/2025

In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reached a record high

Gaza: With famine looming, FAO urges immediate access to save livelihoods and food production

12/05/2025

New IPC analysis reveals alarming escalation in food insecurity due to ongoing hostilities and blockades

Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers

11/04/2025

FAO aims to reach over 70,000 people with agricultural inputs and financial and infrastructure support to help them rebuild their livelihoods

Gaza: Immediate action must combine emergency relief with the restoration of local food production

28/01/2025

Latest geospatial assessment from FAO and UNOSAT highlights devastating impact of conflict on agrifood systems infrastructure

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Food insecurity deepens in Lebanon following conflict, new report shows

22/01/2025

From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

FAO calls for urgent action to address widening famine in Sudan

06/01/2025

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol briefs the UN Security Council on Sudan’s food crisis

A path towards recovery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

19/12/2024

FAO puts agricultural assistance at the forefront of emergency responses

UN report: Hunger in the Arab region reaches a new height as challenges intensify

18/12/2024

From the FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa

Food crisis in Haiti: FAO calls for urgent funding to assist 608,000 people to prevent further starvation and suffering

11/12/2024

From FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

For 2025, FAO seeks $1.9 billion to provide life-saving, emergency agriculture assistance to 49 million people

04/12/2024

Escalating violence continues to drive extreme hunger crises from Gaza to the Sudan and Haiti

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol delivers her remarks

Gaza: FAO calls for urgent access to deliver at-scale emergency agricultural aid to prevent spread of famine

03/12/2024

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol spoke at the Cairo Ministerial Conference on enhancing the humanitarian response in Gaza

In a briefing to the UN Security Council, FAO warns of imminent famine in northern Gaza due to escalation of conflict, collapse of agrifood systems and constraints to humanitarian access

13/11/2024

Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience calls for urgent diplomatic efforts to save lives

New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others

31/10/2024

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories

“The situation in the Middle East is catastrophic,” says FAO Director-General

23/10/2024

QU Dongyu addresses the Session on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Middle East during G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting

A farmer feeding her animals, Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip.

Risk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza Strip as conflict intensifies and winter approaches

17/10/2024

FAO urges immediate and unimpeded access to deliver critical agricultural aid and commercial food production inputs in time for the upcoming winter planting season