Highlights: Rift Valley Fever(RVF) In Eastern Africa, Rift Valley Fever is predicted to spread due to conflicts, the lack of veterinary services, and the informal cross-border movement of livestock. In addition, according to the FAO RVF Monitoring/Early Warning tool, suitable environmental conditions [...]

  The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides a quarterly forward-looking analysis of major disaster risks to food security and agriculture, [...]

  The latest issue of the FPMA (Food Price Monitoring and Analysis) Bulletin FAO/GIEWS monthly report has been released. The monthly FPMA Bulletin reports food price trends at world, regional and country level with a focus on countries where prices of one or more basic food commodity are [...]

Thursday 4 April14.30 - 15.45 (Rome Time)Sheikh Zayed Center, FAO headquarters, Rome The event is organized by the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM), a G7-G20 Initiative, hosted by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture [...]

More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above). The worst food crises in 2018 were, in order of severity, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [...]