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News
From local pickle producer to regional exporter: A Syrian entrepreneur's journey
14/11/2024
Empowering Syrian youth to rebuild their resilience and cultivate new beginnings through agribusiness opportunities.
News
FAO officially joins the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
13/11/2024
The Organization will play a prominent role as it will host the Alliance’s support mechanism at its headquarters in Rome
Highlights
Agricultural aid is humanitarian aid
FAO helps farmers around the world to strengthen their resilience in the face of emergencies
FAO supporting the agrifood sector in Palestine
27/10/2024
Palestine faces significant challenges for due to ongoing conflict, internal divisions, and economic instability, further exacerbated by military actions and climate change. In this difficult environment, the agrifood system is crucial for improving livelihoods, food security, economic growth, and environmental sustainability.
Restoring agriculture in Ukraine: FAO and WFP's mine action initiative
16/10/2024
In Ukraine, mines and explosive remnants of war have turned vast productive land into dangerous minefields.
In focus
Anticipatory action
FAO is forging a way for a faster, more effective humanitarian system by shifting from disaster response to anticipation.
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In focus
Climate action
Actions to make agriculture sustainable are among the most effective measures to help nations adapt to and mitigate climate change.
Publications
Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, November 2024 to May 2025 outlook
31/10/2024
In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is projected to worsen in 16 hunger hotspots, including a total of 14 countries and two regional clusters which comprise 8 countries, during the outlook period from November 2024 to May 2025.
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Anticipatory action: Annual report 2023
29/10/2024
In 2023, about 281 million people in 59 countries faced high levels of acute food insecurity, marking the fifth consecutive year of rising humanitarian needs.
Setting up a drought Anticipatory Action trigger mechanism
22/07/2024
An Anticipatory Action approach seeks to identify multiple windows of opportunity for action throughout the duration of predictable shocks, such as drought.