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,...
Brussels Dialogue - “From reaction to prevention: anticipatory action against food crises” – highlights efficiency and cost-effectiveness of anticipatory action 12/10/2021 Brussels/Rome -- Acting...
Introduction Why this update? The annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) provides a consensus-based overview of the world’s food crises. It focuses on crises where the local capacities to respond...
IPC Situational Overview Jan- June 2021: In total 12.9 million people (24% of the analysed population of about 54 million) are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or...