The impact of COVID-19 and the War in Ukraine on the Outlook for Food Security and Nutrition

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Risks associated with the current conflict

FAO Director-General highlights need to safeguard access to food, reinforce food security

The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) is an inter-agency platform to enhance food market transparency and policy response for food security. AMIS is composed of G20 members plus Spain and seven additional major exporting and importing countries of agricultural commodities

Vegetable oils and dairy products lead the increase, while early forecasts point to strong prospects for maize and wheat in the year ahead

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is extremely concerned about the effects of the war on lives and livelihoods in Ukraine.

Opinion article by Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

“Global food markets and prices”, Presentation by Director-General QU Dongyu

The latest developments on FAO’s emergency activities on the ground.

Ongoing work has been pivoted to scale up the humanitarian response.

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Team on ground regrouped; strengthened with surge personnel; Declaration of corporate scale-up response