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An estimated 5.8 million people (14% of the total population) are experiencing Crisis or worse levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 and above) and are in need of urgent...

The humanitarian price of climate change and how it can be avoided

The Food Security Cluster has two vacancies for two International Consultants in Mozambique. 1) An international consultant, National Coordinator, duty station Maputo (Mozambique) with travel to regional hubs (Beira, Pemba...

OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS Multiple and consecutive shocks, including drought, cyclones, floods and insecurity, have left an estimated 2.5 million people* -almost 10 per cent of the country’s population- in...

This Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) targets 2.6 million people, which only represents a limited number of all people in need, and includes 1.2 million girls and boys for the remainder...

Today, 19th of August, we celebrate United Nations OCHA World Humanitarian Day (WHD) 2019. The Food Security Cluster joins the #WHD2019 campaign 'Women Humanitarian' by supporting all of those workers...

Food Security Cluster supporting World Breastfeeding Week! 1/7 August 2019 World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of...

For 10 years now, Dimitra Clubs in sub-Saharan Africa have been empowering rural people to champion and galvanize development within their own communities. With 3400 clubs and 102 000 members...

Sumário da Situação de Insegurança Alimentar Aguda e Desnutrição Aguda - 2019/20

Are you a Food Security expert? Join the Food Secuirty Cluster! Three new vancancies are out now. 1900745 Needs Assessments and Analysis Specialist; Information Management Support 1900746 Regional Food Security...

Preliminary results pending dissemination at National level Between May and August 2019, 5 areas with a high concentration of displaced persons (Bria, Kaga-Bandoro, Obo, Rafai and Zémio) and the prefectures...

The global Food Security Cluster has opened two Vacancies for two Programme Officer Consultants based in Rome. Apply now: Programme Officer Consultant (FSC/IMO Surge Capacity Expert) Programme Officer Consultant

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Over 40% of the population (1.81 million) in Central African Republic are severely food insecure Over 1.8 million people in Central African Republic are in severe acute...

Are you passionate about providing insights that will provide creative solutions to change and save the lives of millions of beneficiaries? If yes, this opportunity is for you. The Vulnerability...

This brochure was successfully presented during a side event “Responding to Emergencies: The Key Role of the Clusters”. Discussions at the event emphasized the commitment from member states to the...

During 2018, FSC coordination efforts involved more than 1,000 partners at the country level, more than half being national entities. In 2018, the cluster counts there were 30 active Food...

‘Famine Likely’: new classification to boost warning Rome, Italy, 25 April 2019 – New global guidelines published today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative will further hone...

Among the casualties of Cyclone Idai are the livelihoods of people such as Ernesto Ameral, a 26-year-old farmer in the small Mozambican town of Dombe, near the Mussapa River and...

We currently have three new vacancies: - Needs Assessments and Analysis Specialist - Regional Food Security Cluster Specialist - Food Security and Nutrition Technical Specialist Please review the positions below...

This booklet is a compilation of documentation on good practices on resilience at regional level, further to the implementation of the six pillars of IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability...

This third annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2019) marks another major collaborative effort between numerous agencies in the international humanitarian and development community to share their data, analysis...

EN ESTE NÚMERO: Desplazamientos masivos y restricciones de acceso persisten en los primeros dos meses de 2019 Afectaciones por ataques a oleoductos en 2019 Fenómeno del Niño y fuertes lluvias...

CFS 46: Accelerating progress on SDG2 to achieve all the SDGs CFS 46 is from 14 – 18 October 2019 at FAO, Rome, Italy and will be the first major...

OVERVIEW On 14 March 2019, Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira City, bringing devastation and destruction in its path. Both ahead of and after its landfall, the weather system...

The UN chief has expressed his sadness at the loss of life and displacement across Zimbabwe, as a result of the deadly Tropical Cyclone Idai, which has pounded Southern Africa...