South Sudan | Inter-Agency Response Update 6 July 2021 SITUATION IN SOUTH SUDAN The people of South Sudan are facing their highest levels of food insecurity since independence 10 years ago. The impact of lean season from May to...
Stories From the Field: A blockchain revolution in digital cash for Vanuatu 2 July 2021 A blockchain revolution in digital cash for Vanuatu, the world’s most disaster-prone country: FSC Cash and Markets Working Group partner Oxfam supported more than 35,000 people to recover from triple...
Stories From the Field: Food security programme in Lebanon helps Syrian families to improve nutrition during COVID-19 29 June 2021 As part of the Cash and Markets Working Group case-studies from the field series, this one details how FSC partner Action Against Hunger implemented a fresh food voucher programme for...
Cox's Bazar - FSS and WASH Sector Joint Guidance Note: Waste Avoidance and Management in Emergency Food Distributions 22 June 2021 The food security and WASH sectors in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, have released a new joint Guidance Note to help FSS partners reduce waste contamination in displacement camps during emergency contexts...
1.5M people need food and livelihoods support in eastern Ukraine 16 June 2021 Funding levels drastically low and just 80,000 people currently targeted for food security assistance in 2021 • 1.5 million people need food security and livelihoods assistance in Eastern Ukraine in...
Food security, nutrition, and ending child labour in agriculture for recovery and resilience 11 June 2021 2021 has been declared the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, in light of UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 aiming to end the practice by 2025. However, today...
UN agencies call for urgent life-saving action to avert looming famine in northern Ethiopia 10 June 2021 FAO, WFP and UNICEF sound alarm on food insecurity in Tigray as 350,000 estimated to be in IPC 5 – Catastrophe The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Story from the field - The South Sudan Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) 8 June 2021 Hunger and malnutrition are at historic highs in South Sudan: as of October 2020, 6.3 million people – more than 50 percent of the population – were in Crisis food...
FSAC in Afghanistan calls for urgent funding as over one-third of country are in Crisis or worse food insecurity 28 May 2021 ''The food security situation in Afghanistan is alarming with more than 14 million people – one-third of all Afghans - experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3...
2020 Annual Report - Food Security Cluster 26 May 2021 The gFSC 2020 Annual Report showcases the life-saving work of country FSCs and partners around the world, as well as the impact of the generous support from our donors. In...
Global Partners Meeting: AGENDA (25-26-27 May 2021) 20 May 2021 The AGENDA is available in four languages: English, Arabic, Spanish and French
Cluster Nutrition et Sécurité Alimentaire: Tchad: situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle 18 May 2021
Global Food Security Cluster Statement on averting famine: we have reached a critical time for action 27 April 2021 The window to avert famine and devastatingly high levels of acute food insecurity in multiple countries is closing fast. Acute hunger projections for 2021 are alarming, humanitarian operations are dangerously...
Global Humanitarian Overview 2021, March Update 13 April 2021 The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) for 2021 was launched on 1 December 2020 to help 160 million of the 235 million most vulnerable people who face hunger, conflict, displacement, the...
Voice from the field - Syria: record 12.4 million people food insecure after a decade of conflict 9 April 2021 Syria: record 12.4 million people food insecure after a decade of conflict As the 5th annual Brussels Conference on Syria marked a bleak anniversary, an FSL Cluster Co-Coordinator reflects on...
Scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “staggering”, FAO, WFP warn 6 April 2021 Over 27 million Congolese – one in three people - now critically hungry FAO and WFP sound the alarm on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the number...
Acute hunger set to soar in over 20 countries, warn FAO and WFP 23 March 2021 Call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent...
Call for Action to Avert Famine in 2021 15 March 2021 The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity has remained persistently above 100 million over the last four years. In 2019, the figure rose sharply to 135 million across 58...
With 30 Million Facing Famine, UN Secretary-General Announces Prevention Task Force 12 March 2021 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council debate on conflict and food security, held today: Thank you for this opportunity to brief you on the links...
Cox's Bazar - Joint Press Release on Mask Distribution 2nd Round 15 February 2021 Food Security Sector (FSS) in Cox’s Bazar with over 40 partners and UN agencies in joint initiative to distribute 1.6 million reusable cloth masks to all Rohingya refugees aged over...
gFSC Guidance: Urban targeting in the context of COVID-19 19 January 2021 Today, over 4 billion people around the world – more than half the global population – live in cities. Increasing urbanization leads to people living in closer proximity to one...
Sahel et Afrique de l'Ouest : situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle 2020-21 18 January 2021 Publié : décembre 2020 Cette affiche offre une vue d’ensemble de la situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle 2020 et des perspectives en 2021. Pour la deuxième année consécutive, la région doit...
10th Anniversary of the Food Security Cluster. Global partners meeting, 11 & 12 November 2020 14 December 2020 External link: https://arcg.is/0nnLmr0