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The Sahel region is a place of opportunities, rich in human, natural and cultural resources. However, insecurity, climate change, the rise of violent extremism, the erosion of social cohesion and the lack...

Climate change and its impacts on natural and human systems are increasingly evident globally. Africa is highly vulnerable and is experiencing the burden of climate change impacts of climate...

Highlights: This Joint Communication establishes an enhanced framework and puts forward concrete measures in line with the EU’s Integrated Approach to External Conflicts and Crises with the aim to: strengthen...

The Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme (FNS-REPRO) is the first programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Eastern Africa specifically designed to foster peace...

FAO teamed up with the World Bank on this strategic analysis of the investment, policy and institutional support needed to shift South Sudan’s agriculture sector from humanitarian relief to a development-oriented growth...

Violent conflict is one of the main drivers of food insecurity worldwide because conflict disrupts food systems. Conversely, inequitable and unsustainable food systems can drive...

The link between food insecurity and peace and security has become one of the centres of academic policy and political discourses. Particularly, in the Horn of Africa, there is a close link...

The objectives of this case study report on Colombia are to understand the contribution of the World Food Programme (WFP) to improving the prospects for peace in Colombia, to identify how WFP could...

Conflict is driving hunger in nearly all the world’s main food crises. War leads to greater food insecurity. And, in its turn, food insecurity increases...

This publication provides empirical material and technical assessments that could not be included in The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017 (SOFI) FAO's flagship report...