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Inside stories from Alistair Short, Cluster Coordinator in South Sudan.

First of all, what does the Cluster do? The Global Food Security Cluster coordinates the food security response in humanitarian crises. We make sure that limited resources are distributed fairly,...
3 Mar 2020

2019 Food Security Component of the Global Humanitarian Overview (Jan/Dec 2019)

In 2019 the Food Security Cluster represented 130 million people in need globally. The Food Security Component was the largest percentage (37%) of the Global FUnding Requirement with 8.1 billion...
2 Mar 2020

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - Food Security Cluster Coordinator (Iraq)

We have a Call for Expression of Interest for a 3 months position as National Cluster Coordinator based in Iraq. The contract will be a consultancy as international consultant with...
19 Feb 2020

EAST & HORN OF AFRICA: IPC Food Security Phase Classification and Desert Locusts

Desert locusts could worsen food insecurity in East and Horn of Africa The East and Horn of Africa region is currently facing one of the worst infestations of desert locusts...
17 Feb 2020

Expression of Interest - Information Manager for Food Security Cluster/Sector, Sudan

The Food Security & Livelihoods Sector in Khartoum, Sudan is looking for an International - Information Management Officer. The position will be for 3 months, with possibility of extension for...
7 Feb 2020

Wheat to Bread Facility Mapping and Needs Assessment

Bread has long been a staple to the Syrian diet, playing a pivotal role in their everyday meals and eating rituals. During the pre-conflict era in Syria, facilities such as...
6 Feb 2020

The worst Desert Locust outbreak in decades threatens food security across East Africa.

Highlights The worst desert locust outbreak in 25 years has caused significant pasture losses across East Africa, mainly in agro-pastoral areas of eastern Ethiopia, central Somalia and northern Kenya. As...
30 Jan 2020

Vacancy: Technical Adviser (Food Security and Agriculture Cluster Coordinator)

Job Posting: 28/Jan/2020 Closure Date: 18/Feb/2020, 10:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: FAO Representation in Afghanistan, FAAFG Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition: Professional Project Grade Level: P-4 Primary Location: Afghanistan-Kabul...
28 Jan 2020

Locust Situation update (28 Jan)

Locusts will increase further as a new generation of breeding starts in the Horn of Africa FAO Report attached
28 Jan 2020

Desert locust swarms reach Sudan, Eritrea, and Djibouti, as flooding continues in Zambia and Angola

1. Over the past two weeks flash floods have been reported in Luanda, Uige, and Cabinda provinces of Angola. 2. Increasing numbers of desert locust swarms are moving across eastern...
23 Jan 2020

Early Warning Early Action Report on Food Security and Agriculture, Jan/March 2020

The report summarizes the major risks to agriculture and food security, including their likelihood and the extent of their probable impact. View report here
22 Jan 2020

The State of Food Security and Nutrition Report 2019

Food insecurity is more than just hunger The main indicator for monitoring progress on the eradication of hunger in the world reported here is the prevalence of undernourishment, or PoU...
21 Jan 2020

Information Management Officer for Food Security Sector, Syria

Call for interest Place of Work: Amman, Jordan Reports to: Food Security Sector Coordinator The contract will be a consultancy with WFP or FAO. Please find attached the TORs for...
20 Jan 2020

Ethiopia-Somalia: Climate change and violence trap millions in near-constant crisis

Addis Ababa (ICRC) – Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are trapped in near-constant crisis as the combination of droughts, floods, and violence force people from their homes...
16 Jan 2020

Haiti | Humanitarian Needs Overview 2020

Haiti's shocks in recent years, combined with the country's structural weaknesses and the extremely unstable social, economic and political context, have had a lasting impact on the ability of the...
13 Jan 2020

Malawi, nearly 1.9 million people are food insecure

Overview UPDATED PROJECTION NOV 2019 - MARCH 2020 In the period November 2019 to March 2020, which is the peak of the hunger season, about 1.9 million people are estimated...
8 Jan 2020

WFP Global Hotspots 2020

Potential ashpoints to lookout for in New Year
3 Jan 2020

Transforming the world through food and agriculture

A world facing escalating threats demands that we act without delay to safeguard livelihoods, future-proof our planet and lock in sustainable outcomes. The 2030 Agenda is there to guide us...
18 Dec 2019

Launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2020

The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2020 was launched on 4 December 2019. The GHO is the most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based assessment of world humanitarian needs.
4 Dec 2019

Underfunded Appeals: Understanding the Consequences, Improving the System

The EBA-report Underfunded Appeals. Understanding the Consequences, Improving the System studies the consequences of funding covering less and less of the stated urgent humanitarian needs worldwide. In 2017 the estimated...
29 Nov 2019

Cluster Coordinators - Join our team in Ukraine

We have a vacancy for for a consultancy position as FSC Coordinator and Livelihood Cluster/Sector based in Kiev Ukraine for an initial period of 6 months extendable. Starting Date: December...
20 Nov 2019

AFGHANISTAN: Over 10 million people severely food insecure due to conflict, high food prices and high unemployment

Between August and October 2019, it is estimated that a total of 10.23 million people (33% of the total population) were in severe acute food insecurity and require urgent humanitarian...
20 Nov 2019

The UN Common Guidance on Resilience for Humanitarian-Development-Peace Actors

The Preparedness and Resilience Working Group (PRWG) aims to guide and support in-country Food Security Cluster (gFSC) on necessary preparedness and resilience-building activities to contribute to bridge the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus,...
6 Nov 2019

Colombia: Impact of Early Warning Early Action

Boosting food security and social cohesion on the frontline of the migration crisis​ The intensity and frequency of natural hazards and conflicts is increasing, and they are leaving in their...
6 Nov 2019

We are hiring (Mali) - Cluster Coordinator

The Food Security Cluster has a vacancy in Bamako, Mali for a Cluster Coordinator The contract will be as international consultant with WFP for an initial period of 6 months...
23 Oct 2019