Protecting the livelihoods of herders from a dzud winter
27/10/2018
There’s evidence that the intensity and frequency of climate-driven natural disasters and conflicts is increasing. Natural disasters now occur nearly five times as often as 40 years ago. The impact on local economies, on lives and livelihoods, has similarly grown. In some of the [...]
22/10/2018
In this bulletin:
Thirty-four plant and forest pests and diseases and animal and aquatic diseases were forecasted by FAO experts for the period October-December 2018. A total of 281 forecasts were conducted in 116 countries.
Food Chain Crisis (FCC) threats are expected to [...]
October – December 2018
10/10/2018
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, specifically highlighting:
potential new emergencies [...]
09/10/2018
A joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Mission (CFSAM) visited the Syrian Arab Republic between 25 June and 19 July 2018 to estimate crop production and to assess the overall food security situation. On arrival in the country, the international [...]
Reduced 2018 harvests and agricultural productivity underpin increased rates of food insecurity
28/09/2018
Highlights:
Despite an average maize harvest and an overall satisfactory supply outlook for 2018/19, the aggregate number of people affected by food insecurity has increased.
Declining per capita maize production in the past ten years has heightened reliance on imports to satisfy [...]