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

Risks associated with the current conflict

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.

The unfolding war in Ukraine has led to destruction of life and property, food insecurity and human rights violations. It also has immediate land access and tenure dimensions, including key land and geospatial information aspects.

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

Information Note

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

Information Note

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

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

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

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

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

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