News
West Bank: 72 000 families urgently require emergency agricultural assistance, new FAO survey finds
24/12/2025
Supporting farmers and herders now is critical to produce food, sustain livestock and avert a deeper crisis
News
UN agencies welcome news that famine has been pushed back in the Gaza Strip, but warn fragile gains could be reversed without increased and sustained support
19/12/2025
FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO say hunger, malnutrition, disease and the scale of agricultural destruction remain alarmingly high
Highlights
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Diversifying livelihoods to build resilience in Somalia
22/05/2025
A documentation video of the project “UN Joint Action for Building Resilience in Somalia" funded from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the KfW Development Bank and implemented in southern Somalia over multiple phases.
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In focus
Forced displacement
The increasingly protracted nature of forced displacement calls for sustainable and durable solutions.
In focus
Sustaining peace
Conflict is a major driver of food crises, followed by weather extremes and economic shocks.
Key publications
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FAO’s Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal 2026
05/12/2025
Acute food insecurity has nearly tripled since 2016, while humanitarian funding is falling back to 2016 levels. Rising needs cannot be met by doing less of the same.
Syrian Arab Republic: Emergency and Resilience Plan 2026–2028
02/12/2025
After 14 years of conflict and recurrent climate shocks, the agriculture sector has been among the hardest hit in the Syrian Arab Republic, with severe damage to productive assets and widespread disruption to food production.
Yemen: Plan of Action for Emergency, Resilience and Development 2025–2027
23/10/2025
Conflict, economic decline and climatic shocks continue to erode the resilience of rural communities in Yemen.