The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2023 12 February 2024 Avoiding and reducing losses through investment in resilience Building on previous work of the FAO on this topic, this report estimates losses caused by disasters on agricultural production over the...
Global Humanitarian Overview 2024 11 December 2023 PEOPLE IN NEED 299.4 M PEOPLE TARGETED 180.5 M REQUIREMENTS (US$) $ 46.4 B APPEALS 35 In 2024, nearly 300 million people around the world will need humanitarian assistance and...
Flash Appeal: Occupied Palestinian Territory - October - December 2023 (First Revision November 2023) 8 November 2023
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, November 2023 to April 2024 outlook 3 November 2023 The Hunger Hotspots report by WFP and FAO identifies 18 hunger “hotspots” in a total of 22 countries where food security is expected to significantly deteriorate, and the outlook for...
Hostilities in the Gaza and Israel | Flash Appeal Oct. 2023 16 October 2023 The OPT Flash Appeal calls for approximately US $ 294 million for 77 humanitarian partners to address the most urgent needs of 1,260,000 people in the Gaza Strip (Gaza) and...
SUDAN: nearly 20.3M people experience acute food insecurity between July and September 2023 2 August 2023 Following months of increasing tensions between Sudan’s two main armed forces, fighting broke out on 15 April, turning Khartoum and wider areas of the capital into a battlefield. Since then...
The State of Food Security and Nutrition Report (SOFI) 13 July 2023 The 2023 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report presents updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world including the...
2023 Global Report on Food Crises – Regional Focus on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Member States 21 June 2023 The IGAD regional report is a by-product of the 2023 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), which is the result of a complex, multi-partner, consensus-based process involving commitment and contributions...
Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity | June-November 2023 Outlook 29 May 2023 FAO and WFP warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger hotspots – comprising a total 22 countries – during from June to November 2023...
G7 leaders renew their commitment to ending hunger 29 May 2023 On 19-21 May the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, the UK, the US, Canada, and Japan met and issued an Action Statement for Resilient Global Food Security Read Statement for...
YEMEN: 3.9 million people likely to experience high levels of acute food insecurity 26 May 2023 Despite reported improvements in the current period of January and May 2023, Yemen remains one of the most food insecure countries in the world. In the current period, 3.2 million...
Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2023 3 May 2023 The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2023 highlights that the number of people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food and livelihood assistance increased for...
FSC Tchad: le cluster célèbre Eid al Fitr 26 April 2023 Le cluster sécurité alimentaire et moyens d’existence présente les vœux les meilleurs au Gouverneur de la province du Lac A l’occasion de la célébration de l’Eid Al Fitr (Ramadan), fête...
Syrian Arab Republic: Earthquake Flash Appeal | Humanitarian Programme Cycle February - May 2023 14 February 2023 TOTAL POPULATION 22.1M PEOPLE AFFECTED 8.8M PEOPLE TARGETED 4.9M REQUIREMENTS (US$) $397.6M At least 8.8 million people have been affected by the earthquake, with the majority anticipated to need some...
IASC Key Messages on the Global Humanitarian Impact of High Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Prices and the Climate Crisis 8 December 2022 We are pleased to share with you the recently endorsed IASC key messages on The Global Impact of High Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Prices, and the Climate Crisis. Please see...
UN launches record $51.5 billion humanitarian appeal for 2023 1 December 2022 The 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO), launched today by the UN in collaboration with nongovernmental organizations and other humanitarian partners, paints a stark picture of what lies ahead. Next year...
Global Cluster Coordinators Group, Statement for 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 2022 28 November 2022 IT’S ON ALL OF US – COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GBV RISK MITIGATION Global Cluster Coordinators Group, Statement for 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 2022 As humanitarians, we have...
UNiTE! Activism to end violence against women and girls 25 November 2022 The UNITE to End Violence against Women initiative is a multiyear effort to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls around the world. The initiative, launched in 2008 under...
United Nations climate change conference (6/18 November 2022) 16 November 2022 At the Climate Change Conference (COP27) countries come together to take action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement and the Convention. Building on...
WFP and FAO sound the alarm as global food crisis tightens its grip on hunger hotspots 26 September 2022 Urgent humanitarian action needed as record numbers face starvation A record-high number of people across six countries are either already starving or on the brink of disaster, a new report...
Horn of Africa Drought: Regional Humanitarian Overview & Call to Action (Revised 21 September 2022) 22 September 2022 The Horn of Africa Is Facing Its Worst Drought In More than Four Decades, With Catastrophic Consequences Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the immediate threat of starvation...
Hunger Hotspots FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity October 2022 to January 2023 Outlook 21 September 2022 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 19 countries or...
IGAD Regional Focus of the Global Report on Food Crises 2022 1 September 2022 The fourth edition of the IGAD Regional Focus of the Global Report on Food Criseshighlights the alarming high-levels of acute food insecurity in 2021 in the region, where about 42...
Hunger is not inevitable if we step up immediately 3 August 2022 A global economic crisis, continuous conflicts and climate shocks are driving an unprecedented food crisis. Yet, funding is not keeping up with the growing needs , forcing humanitarian operations to...
SOFI report: Record hunger on the rise, UN study says 7 July 2022 Global hunger is at record levels and rising, according to the latest figures from the UN. Up to 828 million people went hungry in 2021, the ‘ State of Food...