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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched today its annual Statistical Yearbook , covering latest trends in the world’s agrifood systems...

This two-day online event aims to identify and discuss the solutions that the programmes Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus can deliver to the region, with special regard to the agriculture and emergency management sectors.

Data and images from satellites aid first responders and recovery agencies in assessing the damage and help researchers understand the nature of these unusually powerful storms.

To maximize development gains, World Bank projects must consider climate change and disaster risks in their design and appraisal. Buildings could be exposed to heat...

This report constitutes a further step towards bridging persistent knowledge gaps and fostering a better understanding of how agriculture is affected by disasters. Extreme events such as drought...

This acute food insecurity analysis is an update of the projection analysis of the period of November 2020 to March 2021, which has been carried out in ten departments that were...

2.7 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) in rural (approx. 1.9 million) and urban (0.8 million)...

Between October 2020 and February 2021, which corresponds to the harvest of basic grains and coffee, around 103,000 people (21% of the analysed population) face high levels...

During the current period from November 2020 to February 2021, 684,000 people (10% of the analysed population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC...

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) is a Specialized Agency of the African Union established to help African governments improve their capacities to better plan, prepare, and respond to extreme...