FAO emergencies and resilience

News
Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers
11/04/2025

FAO aims to reach over 70,000 people with agricultural inputs and financial and infrastructure support to help them rebuild their livelihoods

Highlights
Around the table: Where hunger meets hope and opportunities grow

With the support of FAO and its partners, five distinct livelihoods – wheat farming in Ethiopia, pastoralism in Somalia, poultry keeping in Mozambique, fisheries in South Sudan and sorghum farming in Sudan – help communities rebuild, share and consume the food they produce, gathered around the table.

04/07/2024

In northeastern Nigeria, years of violence and the effects of climate change have forced already vulnerable households to flee their homes, destroying their livelihoods and triggering increased levels of food insecurity and malnutrition.

17/03/2025

When disasters strike, communities are often the first to act to protect their families and neighbours. In response to the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters, FAO is working with communities across the Asia-Pacific region to protect livelihoods and strengthen community resilience by implementing anticipatory action measures.

In focus
Cash and voucher assistance

FAO’s cash and voucher programmes provide people with life-saving means to immediately cope with crises, while protecting their livelihoods and strengthening their resilience to future shocks. 

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
11/04/2025

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on 28 March 2025 caused widespread devastation across key agricultural regions, severely disrupting rural livelihoods and food production systems.

28/03/2025

Sweden has reinforced its commitment to global food security with a total contribution of SEK 73 million (USD 7.23 million) to FAO’s emergencies operations in 2025.

04/12/2024

In 2024, escalating violence drove extreme hunger crises from Gaza and the Sudan to Haiti. The number of people facing, or projected to face, catastrophic hunger conditions more than doubled, rising from 705 000 in 2023 to 1.9 million people by mid-2024 across five countries/territories.