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Special Report
27/05/2020
IMPORTANT: This report is based on information gathered in South Sudan up to December 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, and thus the assessment does not take into consideration the impacts of the virus on the food security and [...]
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FAO’s component of the Global COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan
19/05/2020
At the beginning of April, the 2020 edition of the Global Report on Food Crises was issued, presenting a stark warning for the future. In 2019 – prior to the COVID-19 pandemic – 135 million people experienced Crisis (Integrated Food [...]
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Tropical Cyclone Harold caused widespread damage to the agriculture sector
08/05/2020
Highlights:
The passing of Cyclone Harold on 6 April 2020 caused extensive damage to the agriculture sector, including losses of main staples and export crops.
About half of the total population is estimated to be in need of assistance due to the [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]