News
Food crisis in Haiti: FAO calls for urgent funding to assist 608,000 people to prevent further starvation and suffering
11/09/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
News
A voice for Bangladeshi smallholder farmers
26/08/2024
Women and youth lead the way in Bangladesh’s agricultural transformation
Highlights
The role of agriculture in addressing acute child malnutrition in the African Drylands
29/07/2024
Acute malnutrition is persistently on the rise worldwide, with children suffering its consequences for their whole lives.
Afghanistan Rural Insight
18/02/2024
Discover Afghanistan's rural views in this engaging video, which showcases farmers' different perspectives. Hear personal perspectives from wheat farmers, livestock owners, vegetable farmers, irrigation canal beneficiaries, and unconditional cash transfer recipients as they tell their stories and shed light on their livelihoods.
In focus
Sustaining peace
Conflict is a major driver of food crises, followed by weather extremes and economic shocks.
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In focus
Forced displacement
The increasingly protracted nature of forced displacement calls for sustainable and durable solutions.
Publications
Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO: Annual report 2023
09/09/2024
In 2023, the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), contributed SEK 120 million (USD 13.08 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Bangladesh: Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Joint Response Plan 2024
02/08/2024
Nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are entirely dependent on humanitarian aid to meet their basic food needs. In 2023, reduced food rations and devastating cyclones further compromised food security within the refugee camps, leading to a decline in refugees’ daily food consumption.
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.