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The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is an innovative multi-partner initiative for improving food security and nutrition analysis and decision-making. By using the IPC classification and analytical approach...

Like much of the world, Asia and the Pacific is in the midst of the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, dominated by Omicron variant – few months following the Delta variant driven forth...

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI – 2022) The most recent evidence available suggests that the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet...

This report is an outcome of the Urban Food System Assessments for Nutrition (UFSAN) project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The objectives of the UFSAN project were to...

The country’s northern areas of Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions are experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis and facing a dire food insecurity situation due to the conflict that started...

Two consecutive poor rainy seasons since October 2020, which resulted in reduced harvests and deteriorated rangeland conditions, have been followed by severe dryness at the start...

KEY MESSAGES After remaining virtually unchanged for five years, the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) increased 1.5 percentage points in 2020 – reaching a level...

For the last four years, the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has provided an annual, consensus-based overview of the severity, magnitude and drivers of theworld’s food crises.The GRFC...

The objective of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (CFS-FFA, the Framework) is to improve the food security and nutrition of populations...

This FAO Technical Paper synthesizes current knowledge on the impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on fisheries and aquaculture in the context of a changing climate. It describes...