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Uganda has made enormous progress in reducing poverty, yet one in three rural people still live below the poverty line. This factsheet outlines IFAD’s...

The Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility (PIRAS) is a COVID-19 recovery programme that emphasizes food self-reliance, improved nutrition and the development of sustainable, equitable agricultural livelihood...

Executive Summary: Intervention Context: WFP’s activities in Burkina Faso and Niger focus on fragile agrarian communities in the Sahel, where cyclical floods and droughts combine with...

According to an IPC Chronic Food Insecurity Report, approximately 5.4 million people in Malawi living in rural and secondary urban centres are facing Moderate or Severe...

In the major humanitarian crisis Afghanistan is facing, the EU has launched projects worth €268.3 million, stepping up vital support to the Afghan population. The EU support focusses...

Countries in crisis requiring external assistance for food are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. The list below covers crises...

The world is grappling with catastrophic food insecurity and unprecedented humanitarian needs, fuelled by conflict, climate shocks, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasing costs of food, fuel, and fertilizer have...

Highlights The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 20 countries...

The proposed framework for the WBG’s operational response rests on four interconnected pillars combining support to crisis response and long-term development. The WBG’s objective is to provide mutually re-enforcing...

The impacts of the war in Ukraine are shaking global food systems to the core, compounding the vulnerability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Those who will most...