News
Risk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza Strip as conflict intensifies and winter approaches
17/10/2024
FAO urges immediate and unimpeded access to deliver critical agricultural aid and commercial food production inputs in time for the upcoming winter...
News
Global Family Farming Forum focuses on family farmers’ role in tackling hunger
16/10/2024
The joint FAO-IFAD event highlights their contribution in transforming agrifood systems while exploring ways to fully harness their potential
Highlights
Scaling up operational preparedness to ensure the delivery of life-saving agricultural assistance
03/10/2024
Crises linked to conflict, weather extremes and economic shocks are increasing globally, leading to higher levels of food insecurity. Rural communities who depend on agriculture for their subsistence are the hardest hit.
FAO supporting Lebanese farmers
17/10/2024
At every step, FAO Lebanon stands by farmers, cooperatives, and fishing communities, supporting them through the challenges they face.
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.
Publications
West and Central Africa: Floods - Urgent call for assistance, October 2024–May 2025
17/10/2024
Recent torrential rains have triggered catastrophic floods across West and Central Africa, severely affecting 40 percent more people compared with last year.
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).
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.