Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published today show that Sudan is facing a devastating hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, warn the heads of three United Nations agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been warning of rapid deterioration in conditions for the people of Sudan, particularly children, as food security is torn apart by war that has ravaged the country for more than a year.

The Government of Canada through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action Window contributed USD 1 million to improve the food security, nutrition and resilience to climate shocks by implementing Anticipatory Actions ahead of El Niño-induced drought on vulnerable communities in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, reaching over 6 000 people, of whom 57% women.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) raises alarm over high  risk of famine across the whole Gaza Strip, as long as conflict continues, and sustained and at-scale humanitarian access is restricted, according to a new report published by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global initiative.

The Government of Canada through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action Window contributed USD 1 222 000 to strengthen the capacity of communities and local governance structures in Somalia and mitigate the impact of El Niño-related floods on the most vulnerable communities, reaching over 45 000 people, of which 49% are women.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced the signing of the USD 25 million TRANSFORM project, a key component of the broader multi-partner Johwar Offstream Storage Programme (JOSP). The TRANSFORM project aims to improve food security and resilience in Somalia by rehabilitating critical infrastructure and promoting climate smart agriculture for smallholder farmers in Jowhar.

FAO and USAID have announced the signing of the USD 25 million TRANSFORM project, a key component of the broader multi-partner Johwar Offstream Storage Programme (JOSP). The project aims to improve food security and resilience in Somalia by rehabilitating critical infrastructure and promoting climate smart agriculture for smallholder farmers in Jowhar.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) this week helped 28 countries to unlock $70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, groundwater management, biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.

A new online dashboard released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides an intuitive, user-friendly way to visualize connections between FAO’s projects, resource partners, and thematic areas of work, offering an easy way for the public to understand the large amount of project data published by the Organization.

Ensuring sustainable food production to feed the world’s growing population hinges on fertile soils, resilient crops, enhanced collaboration, and increased investment.  This message and sense of urgency, spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners, resonated strongly at the 12th Session of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly, held from June 3 to 5, 2024, at FAO headquarters in Rome.

Ensuring sustainable food production to feed the world’s growing population hinges on fertile soils, resilient crops, enhanced collaboration, and increased investment. 

This message and sense of urgency, spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners, resonated strongly at the 12th Session of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly, held from June 3 to 5, 2024, at FAO headquarters in Rome.

Through the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP), the IPPC is collaborating with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union Commission on Agriculture, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to empower NPPOs in 11 APP pilot countries in Africa, including Zambia, to use advanced scientific approaches for proactive pest surveillance and data collection.

With a client base of around 500 farmers, Blessing Andrew is an active veterinary animal health worker in her community. In fact, she is the sole practicing woman veterinary paraprofessional (VPP) in Sanga, in Nigeria’s southern Kaduna State. In general, the animal health profession remains heavily male-dominated across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, where women comprise an estimated 20-30 percent of the national animal health workforce.

Under the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP), funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, Zambia's national plant protection organization - the Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service (PQPS), successfully conducted a three-day training session for NPPO technical staff and stakeholders on the application of geospatial techniques in pest surveillance.

Supplies of most of the world’s major food commodities are expected to be adequate in 2024/25, although extreme weather, rising geopolitical tensions, sudden policy changes and other factors could all potentially tip the delicate global demand-supply balances and impact prices and global food security, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been working with the Jubaland Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy to increase fish production and strengthen fisheries cooperatives. The USAID-funded project entitled ‘Reducing Communities’ Vulnerability to Drought and External Shocks (RECOVER)’ has equipped fisherfolk with fibreglass motorized boats and gear to access deeper fishing waters for bigger fishing hauls. 

The 175th Session of the FAO Council, a pivotal governing body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), began on Monday with Director-General QU Dongyu urging Members to remain focused on core objectives, notably the transformation of global agrifood systems, and “to ensure we do not allow history to repeat itself through famines and destructions of livelihoods.”

The benchmark for world food commodity prices increased for the third consecutive month in May, as higher prices of cereals and dairy products outweighed decreases in quotations for sugar and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.

World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released today. The 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) said global fisheries and aquaculture production in 2022 surged to 223.2 million tonnes, a 4.4 percent increase from 2020.

Addressing the scourge of food insecurity, whether provoked by natural disaster or human-generated crises, requires ensuring the availability, accessibility, and affordability of nutritious food. While these elements of food security may vary by country and by season, one element - food availability - should not be an issue today when collectively we produce enough food to feed the world’s population. 

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots”, a new United Nations early warning report has revealed today. The report spotlights the urgent need of assistance to prevent famine in Gaza and the Sudan, and further deterioration in the devastating hunger crises in Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan. It also warns of the lingering impact of El Niño and the looming threat of La Niña that risks bringing further climate extremes that could upend lives and livelihoods.