News
Through the eyes of humanitarians
17/08/2026
How the Syria Humanitarian Fund is helping save lives and protect rural livelihoods in northeast Syria
News
FAO helps rural women restore lost herd in northeastern Nigeria
17/08/2026
From four goats to a growing herd, FAO support is helping an 80-year-old farmer rebuild her livelihood, strengthen her family’s food security and regain...
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Promoting rain harvest technique through FAO Farmer Field School
24/06/2026
With the support of UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, under the Building Local Resilience in Syria (BLRS), FAO has promoted micro rainwater harvesting techniques to farmers to enhance their resilience to water scarcity and climate variability.
Providing life-saving agricultural assistance in Myanmar’s vulnerable areas
29/07/2026
In Myanmar, nearly one-third of the population faces acute food insecurity as conflict, displacement and recurrent shocks disrupt livelihoods, leaving small-scale farmers struggling to produce food and meet their basic needs.
In focus
Anticipatory action
FAO is forging a way for a faster, more effective humanitarian system by shifting from disaster response to anticipation.
In focus
KORE - Knowledge and learning in action
Knowledge management is about identifying, co-creating and sharing solutions to help solve challenges, so others can learn from and apply them.
Key publications
Northeastern Nigeria: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
06/08/2026
Northeastern Nigeria – particularly Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States – continues to face a protracted humanitarian crisis driven by conflict, displacement, economic hardship and climate shocks.
Lebanon: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA)
27/07/2026
Through the Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities, the Government of Belgium contributed USD 800 000 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support conflict-affected farming communities in Lebanon.
Gaza Strip: Time-critical support to farming households to restore local production of nutritious food and enhance food security
30/06/2026
With funding from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting 280 farming households in the Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis governorates of the Gaza Strip with conditional cash assistance to rehabilitate agricultural land and procure locally available production inputs.