The quarterly Global Early Warning – Early Action Report on Food Security and Agriculture monitors situations at risk for potential disasters and adverse impacts on food security and agriculture. Risks are categorized according to their potential consequence as either “high risk” [...]

Severe floods in Bangladesh in 2017 have affected at least 8 million people, causing deaths and injuries, loss of livestock and food supplies, and damage to housing and infrastructure. The floods caused severe damage to the agriculture sector, including [...]

FAO estimates that 37 countries are in need of external assistance for food in the world. Persisting conflicts have continued to acutely affect agricultural production and food security conditions. Weather shocks, including floods, hurricanes and droughts, have compounded the fragile [...]

In 2016, just over 40 million people were reportedly internally displaced, most with no prospect of returning home in the near future. Prolonged conflict and recurrent extreme climate events are the main causes of protracted internal displacement, exacerbated by a [...]

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is hosting a photography exhibition Bridging the divide running from 18 - 25 September 2017. The exhibition has been organized by the FAO Strategic Programme on Resilience to highlight the work carried out [...]