News
New $282 million program targets climate and environment action through agriculture and food systems
06/12/2024
The Global Environment Facility-funded initiative focuses on promoting sustainable and resilient crops, commodities, livestock and aquaculture systems...
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For 2025, FAO seeks $1.9 billion to provide life-saving, emergency agriculture assistance to 49 million people
04/12/2024
Escalating violence continues to drive extreme hunger crises from Gaza to the Sudan and Haiti
Highlights
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From local pickle producer to regional exporter: A Syrian entrepreneur's journey
Empowering Syrian youth to rebuild their resilience and cultivate new beginnings through agribusiness opportunities.
FAO supporting the agrifood sector in Palestine
27/10/2024
Palestine faces significant challenges for due to ongoing conflict, internal divisions, and economic instability, further exacerbated by military actions and climate change. In this difficult environment, the agrifood system is crucial for improving livelihoods, food security, economic growth, and environmental sustainability.
Restoring agriculture in Ukraine: FAO and WFP's mine action initiative
16/10/2024
In Ukraine, mines and explosive remnants of war have turned vast productive land into dangerous minefields.
In focus
Anticipatory action
FAO is forging a way for a faster, more effective humanitarian system by shifting from disaster response to anticipation.
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In focus
Climate action
Actions to make agriculture sustainable are among the most effective measures to help nations adapt to and mitigate climate change.
Publications
FAO in the 2025 humanitarian appeals
04/12/2024
The number of people facing, or projected to face, catastrophic hunger conditions more than doubled, rising from 705 000 in 2023 to 1.9 million people by mid-2024 across five countries/territories.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Response overview, November 2024
29/11/2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to face one of the largest food insecurity crises in the world, driven by armed conflict, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and economic challenges, including currency depreciation and high food prices.
Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, November 2024 to May 2025 outlook
31/10/2024
In the current edition of a regular joint bi-yearly report, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is projected to worsen in 16 hunger hotspots, including a total of 14 countries and two regional clusters which comprise 8 countries, during the outlook period from November 2024 to May 2025.