18/05/2020
Copenhagen, 18th-20th of May 2020
Disasters and emergencies are becoming increasingly widespread and costly, causing great harm to many people. Their socio-economic repercussions reach far beyond their epicenters by means of migration as well as economic and environmental interconnectedness. There are [...]
15/05/2020
Loyaa Village sits on a sandy plain at the edge of rain-starved Turkana County, in northeastern Kenya—part of the Greater Karamoja Cluster, which also includes the borders of Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. It is the last village before the neighboring [...]
29/04/2020
Speakers
Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, FAO
Stephanie Hanson, Senior Vice President, One Acre Fund
Matt Nims, Deputy Director, USAID Office of Food for Peace
Vimlendra Sharan, Director, Liaison Office for North America, FAO
Steven Burak, Coordinator, Regional Desert Locust Alliance and Project [...]
28/04/2020
This brief draws attention to some gaps in the mainstreaming of gender and nutrition in climate change, and food and nutrition-related policy documents, which may affect the effective implementation of nutrition-focused actions and the realization of improved nutrition outcomes.
Key messages
Over [...]
April - June 2020
23/04/2020
The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and provides a quarterly forward-looking analysis of major disaster risks to food security and agriculture, including their likelihood and [...]