16 October 2021 – On this World Food Day, we express our concern over the widespread and growing hunger in Syria. Ten years of devastating crisis, the recent severe economic decay, and COVID-19 have...
16 October 2021, Baghdad – Today on World Food Day, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Cereal production in 2021 forecast well above average Cereal import requirements in 2020/21 estimated above average Prices of coarse grains continued to increase and were well...
15/10/2021, Bangkok – As COVID-19 continues to cause havoc to the health, nutrition, lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people across the world’s largest region, it has also offered an...
KEY MESSAGES ↗ Wheat export prices increased for a third consecutive month reflecting continued strong global demand amidst tightening export availability. Sustained by a mild improvement in trading...
SWARMS LIKELY TO MOVE FROM NE ETHIOPIA OVERVIEW. The few spring-bred swarms that have remained in northeast Somalia are now mature and starting to copulate. No swarms have been reported recently in...
The first Ebola outbreak in Guinea highlighted the vulnerability of the country’s health system. Without action, the country could have seen the emergence of other zoonotic diseases with epidemic...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Conflicts, displacements and COVID‑19 prevention measures continue to hamper agricultural activities Food prices remained high in third quarter of 2021 About 2.3 million people...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Cereal output forecast at all‑time high level in 2021 Record cereal exports forecast in 2021/22 Export and domestic prices of wheat and maize well above year‑earlier levels in...
In Kenya, Sergeant Brian and the National Youth Service are winning the battle against a dangerous pest and food insecurity When Kenya suffered an unprecedented wave of desert locusts in early 2020,...