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Investment costs and policy action opportunities for reaching a world without hunger (SDG 2)
12/10/2020

This study reviews the food security situation and change therein in light of recent developments, including COVID-19. It also analyses to which extent G7 countries responded to the challenge and their commitment in terms of development assistance and outlines promising investment opportunities to meet the 2030 targets.

Global Report on Food Crises 2020 September update: in times of COVID-19
09/10/2020

For the last four years, the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has provided an annual, consensus-based overview of the severity, magnitude and drivers of the world’s food crises. The GRFC 2020 reported the highest global number of acutely food-insecure people on record. This GRFC 2020 September update in times of COVID‑19 provides...

The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020
23/09/2020

This edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) focuses on how markets can bring us closer to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. SOCO 2020 offers a detailed analysis of the major global trends in agri-food markets and trade to identify how to reap economic, environmental and...

Resources, Partnerships – Impact 2020
28/07/2020

The report elucidates who FAO is, what it has done, and how it has worked in collaboration with multiple stakeholders in 2019. Also, it highlights the way FAO has been adapting to changes in the development aid landscape, specifically by leveraging different kinds of funds and seeking innovative partnerships, in order...

FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots (2020)
23/07/2020

This joint FAO-WFP analysis highlights countries that are at risk of significant food security deterioration, and in particular acute hunger and associated malnutrition. The analysis takes into account all major drivers of food insecurity, with a particular focus on the secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides a forward-looking...

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
13/07/2020

Five years into the 2030 Agenda, it is time to assess progress and to question whether continuing efforts implemented thus far will allow countries to reach SDG 2 targets. For this reason, this year’s report complements the usual assessment of the state of food security and nutrition in the world...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition
09/06/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the virus hit and, unless immediate action is taken, we could see a global food emergency. In the longer term, the...

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020
08/06/2020

The 2020 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture has a particular focus on sustainability. This reflects a number of specific considerations. First, 2020 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (the Code). Second, several Sustainable Development Goal indicators mature in 2020. Third,...

Desert Locust Upsurge Global Response Plan
22/05/2020

A massive Desert Locust upsurge is underway in the Greater Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia, with the risk of it spreading to the Sahel region if it is not halted by July. Anticipating a potential upsurge in West Africa, mobilizing for a scale up activities in...

The State of the World's Forests 2020
22/05/2020

The 2020 edition of The State of the World's Forests examines the contributions of forests, and of the people who use and manage them, to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. It assesses progress to date in meeting global targets and goals relating to forest biodiversity and describes the effectiveness of policies, actions...

Comparing crises: Great Lockdown versus Great Recession
08/05/2020

A comparison of the Great Lockdown of 2020 underway with the Great Recession of 2009, reveals some regularities, yet many differences. Notably, the shock associated with the Great Recession arose out of economy-wide stress, particularly high-income countries, while in direct contrast, the Great Lockdown was borne outside of the global...

Early Warning Early Action Report on Food Security and Agriculture (Q2 2020)
27/04/2020

Across Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands and Latin America, FAO has successfully implemented a range of Early Warning Early Action projects to mitigate the impact of droughts, severe winters, animal diseases and forced migration. Timely support has proven to protect and empower communities, giving them the confidence to carry on...

Global Report on Food Crises 2020
21/04/2020

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations.The number of people battling acute hunger and suffering from malnutrition is on the rise yet again. In many places, we still lack the ability to collect...

COVID-19: Channels of transmission to food and agriculture
10/04/2020

This paper aims to identify the channels of transmissions of the COVID-19 pandemic into the food and agriculture sectors and, based on this, to delineate the degrees of exposure to the COVID-19 shock by geographic region. Primary production, trade and final consumption are analysed in detail and, where possible, quantified....

Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 in food crises
10/04/2020

The document presents FAO's component of the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Appeal, focusing on maintaining operations in food crisis contexts, anticipating the secondary impacts of the pandemic and related containment efforts on the world's most vulnerable people and sustaining critical food supply chains to avert future food crises.