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In Focus: FAO response to global food security challenges

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Gaza: FAO calls for urgent access to deliver at-scale emergency agricultural aid to prevent spread of famine

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol spoke at the Cairo Ministerial Conference on enhancing the humanitarian response in Gaza

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In a briefing to the UN Security Council, FAO warns of imminent famine in northern Gaza due to escalation of conflict, collapse of agrifood systems and constraints to humanitarian access

Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience calls for urgent diplomatic efforts to save lives

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New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories

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“The situation in the Middle East is catastrophic,” says FAO Director-General

QU Dongyu addresses the Session on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Middle East during G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting

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Risk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza Strip as conflict intensifies and winter approaches

FAO urges immediate and unimpeded access to deliver critical agricultural aid and commercial food production inputs in time for the upcoming winter planting season

FAO responses to the ongoing crisis and their impact on global food security: Data analyses, policy recommendations, and actions on the ground.
Highlights
On the ground in Gaza

Get the latest information on the food security situation in the Gaza Strip.

Ongoing crises

Saving lives, safeguarding livelihoods and laying the foundations for resilience.

On the ground in Ukraine

The latest developments on FAO’s emergency activities on the ground.

FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting not only food trade, food supply chains and markets but also people’s lives, livelihoods and nutrition.

Policy tools

FAO provides information and tools to support policy analyses and assess the impact of the war on food security and global agricultural markets.

Briefing Notes

All updates and information notes on FAO’s response in Ukraine. 

Policy Proposals

FAO proposals for addressing the global food security situation and the risks associated with the current conflict.

Food Price Index

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities.

Policy Decision Database

The Food and Agriculture Policy Decision Analysis (FAPDA) is a database developed to provide worldwide access to policy information.

FAO Data Lab

The FAO Data Lab for Statistical Innovation modernizes the statistical business process, with a specific focus on emergency contexts, when having access to timely information is very important.

Fertilizer

Follow the latest data, metrics and more.