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During the current period of October to December 2020, most of the country’s rural areas were classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3). During this period, 155,000 people...

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), is an emerging crop in the world with great potential to contribute to Africa’s food and nutritional security. The increased popularity of quinoa in the last few years...

This report presents selected achievements and lessons from the growing portfolio of fisheries and aquaculture investments supported by IFAD.The introduction summarizes key issues and gives an overview of IFAD-supported actions...

A service provided by the Locust and Other Migratory Pests Group to monitor the world-wide locust situation and keep affected countries and donors informed of expected developments.Food and Agriculture Organization...

This Second Biennial Review Report builds on the efforts of the first round and tracks the performance of countries on each of the 47 indicators (four more than in the inaugural report) that shows the performance...

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Technical Manual Version 3.0 provides the technical standards and guidelines for conducting IPC analysis. Compared to the previous version...

Globally, 108 million people in 2016 were reported to be facing Crisis level food insecurity or worse (IPC Phase 3 and above). This represents a 35...

The Global Report on Food Crises is the reference document on the latest estimates of acute hunger in the world. It is a public good prepared collectively by 15 leading global and regional...

This compilation of Countries Factsheets 2017 provides a country-based overview, aimed at facilitating the Directorate General for Development and Cooperation (DG DEVCO) and Delegations to quickly identify a state of vulnerability...

Food security monitoring requires effective crop status assessment and yield forecasting methodologies and tools. Such tools need to build on a thorough knowledge of the crop production...