Food Security Cluster

Syrian Arab Republic: Earthquake Flash Appeal | Humanitarian Programme Cycle February - May 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...

14 Feb 2023

IASC Key Messages on the Global Humanitarian Impact of High Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer Prices and the Climate Crisis

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...

8 Dec 2022

UN launches record $51.5 billion humanitarian appeal for 2023

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...

1 Dec 2022

Global Cluster Coordinators Group, Statement for 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 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...

28 Nov 2022

UNiTE! Activism to end violence against women and girls

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...

25 Nov 2022

United Nations climate change conference (6/18 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...

16 Nov 2022

WFP and FAO sound the alarm as global food crisis tightens its grip on hunger hotspots

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...

26 Sep 2022

Horn of Africa Drought: Regional Humanitarian Overview & Call to Action (Revised 21 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,...

22 Sep 2022

Hunger Hotspots FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity October 2022 to January 2023 Outlook

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...

21 Sep 2022

IGAD Regional Focus of the Global Report on Food Crises 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...

1 Sep 2022

Hunger is not inevitable if we step up immediately

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...

3 Aug 2022

SOFI report: Record hunger on the rise, UN study says

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...

7 Jul 2022

War in Ukraine drives global food crisis

A global food crisis fuelled by conflict, climate shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic is growing because of the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine driving rising prices of food,...

30 Jun 2022

Over 30 million Sahelians, most of whom are women and children, require life-saving assistance and protection

UN and NGO partners raise the alarm: Over 30 million Sahelians, most of whom are women and children, require life-saving assistance and protection, an increase of almost two million from...

29 Jun 2022

Inter-cluster Statement on Famine and Food Crises

Humanitarian needs are increasing rapidly, globally, across many countries, from limited access to food, safe water, health, and nutrition services that have a direct effect on livelihoods. To prevent further...

16 Jun 2022

The threat of starvation looms in East Africa after four failed rainy seasons

The following statement is a joint alert by meteorological agencies and humanitarian partners. 30 May, 2022; Nairobi, Kenya: The current extreme, widespread, and persistent multi-season drought affecting Somalia, the arid...

13 Jun 2022

World Food Safety Day 2022

What’s the connection between food safety and food security? Food security means having regular access to enough safe and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life. That makes...

7 Jun 2022

FSC perspectives from the field on the repercussions of the Ukraine conflict on major food crisis

21 Apr 2022

South Sudan Appeal: Reaching severely food insecure and malnourished communities in a protracted crises

An estimated 8.3 million (8M South Sudanese, 0.3M refugees) people are expected to experience severe food insecurity by the depth of the lean season (May – July) 2022

15 Apr 2022

Global Impact of war in Ukraine on food, energy and finance systems

15 Apr 2022

Global Partners’ Meeting on Ukraine crisis and its repercussions on major food crisis at global level

The gFSC organized a special Global Partners’ Meeting on Ukraine crisis and its repercussions on major food crisis at global level. gFSC members and FSC teams in countries are already...

14 Apr 2022

Somalia: Some areas face Risk of Famine as multi-season drought and soaring food prices lead to worsening acute food insecurity and malnutrition

Snapshot Worsening drought is putting some areas across Somalia at risk of Famine through June 2022 if the current April to June Gu season rains fail, food prices continue to...

11 Apr 2022

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