In Focus: FAO response to global food security challenges

28/02/2024
Deputy Director-General Maurizio Martina points out the catastrophic damage induced by the conflict across the entire food supply chain
24/02/2024
''I join the Secretary-General and my colleagues in the IASC in calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire''
12/02/2024
Interview with FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol on Gaza and other global emergencies including Ukraine and Sudan
21/12/2023
UN agency issues call for urgent action in wake of Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report
01/08/2023
FAO Brief examines the potential implications on global food markets and food security
22/06/2023
The programme aims to prevent Ukraine from requiring food assistance in the long term
19/06/2023
FAO urgently requires $95.4 million to scale up response to save lives, enable access to food and protect vital livelihoods
29/05/2023
From the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
29/05/2023
Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali and the Sudan have been elevated to the highest alert level to join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
26/04/2023
Preliminary analysis on the exposed agricultural area
Initial assessments on the impact of the earthquakes in Türkiye indicate severe damage to agriculture and rural infrastructure in affected areas.
31/03/2023
FAO renews its funding appeal to scale efforts to help affected rural communities sustain and recover basic food production
Women and children stand outside their makeshift shelters within Raama Cadeey Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Baidoa, Somalia.
06/03/2023
Strategic investments are needed to sustainably improve food and water security for millions of Somalis
22/03/2023
Funds aim to provide time-critical emergency aid and livelihood support to build back self-reliance and protect the most vulnerable against shocks
22/01/2023
Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen briefs Ministers at G-7 meeting in Berlin
Field visit to one of the affected households in Sumska oblast, Ukraine. September, 2022.
14/12/2022

Nationwide assessment reveals that more than one in four respondents reported having reduced or ceased agricultural production

02/12/2022
FAO Food Price Index is now only 0.3 percent higher than a year earlier
04/11/2022
New agreement with the Government of Ukraine aims to bolster support for farmers
04/11/2022
International quotations of food commodity groups covered by FAO Food Price Index all declined, except for cereals.
21/09/2022

A call for urgent action to address the global food security crisis.