News
Gaza: Immediate action must combine emergency relief with the restoration of local food production
28/01/2025
Latest geospatial assessment from FAO and UNOSAT highlights devastating impact of conflict on agrifood systems infrastructure
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New UN Report: 74 percent of Latin American and Caribbean countries are highly exposed to extreme weather events, affecting food security
27/01/2025
Changing patterns of climate variability and extreme weather events are negatively affecting all dimensions of food security and exacerbating other...
Highlights
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From local pickle producer to regional exporter: A Syrian entrepreneur's journey
Empowering Syrian youth to rebuild their resilience and cultivate new beginnings through agribusiness opportunities.
FAO’s critical efforts to combat famine in the Sudan through agriculture and livelihoods support
02/12/2024
The video highlights FAO's efforts to respond to the hunger crisis in the Sudan and the threat of famine that looms over different parts of the country.
Strengthening Social Protection for Inclusive Disaster Risk Management for Small-Scale Farmers
31/12/2024
Since the 1970s, the number of annual disasters has surged, causing severe agricultural losses and food insecurity, which challenge sustainable rural development.
In focus
Social protection
Worldwide, 80 percent of the extreme poor live in rural areas. Of these, 76 percent work in agriculture, and a great share of them relies on subsistence farming.
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In focus
Forced displacement
The increasingly protracted nature of forced displacement calls for sustainable and durable solutions.
Publications
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La Niña: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, January 2025 update
24/01/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) La Niña Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, first launched in August 2024 and updated in January 2025, seeks urgent funding to address the escalating risks and potential impacts on agriculture and food security.
Ukraine: Emergency assistance for spring crop production in southern Ukraine
20/01/2025
The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to erode rural resilience and disrupt agricultural livelihoods and supply chains, particularly in frontline oblasts such as Khersonska and Odeska.
FAO in the 2025 humanitarian appeals
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.