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BookletAnnual reportSpecial Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Annual report 2021 2022
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No results found.The Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to take rapid and effective action in response to food and agricultural threats and emergencies. This annual report provides a brief description of the major operations initiated with SFERA funds for the 12-month period ending 31 December 2021. The report contains financial data for this period, as well as data since the Fund became operational. -
BookletAnnual reportSpecial Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Annual report 2022 2023
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No results found.The Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to take rapid and effective action in response to food and agricultural threats and emergencies.This annual report provides a brief description of the major operations initiated with SFERA funds for the 12-month period ending 31 December 2022. The report contains financial data for this period, as well as data since the Fund became operational. The Fund has three components: (i) a working capital component to advance funds once a resource partner’s commitment is secured toward the immediate procurement of inputs to protect livelihoods, restart agricultural activities or contribute to an immediate response to a crisis; (ii) a revolving fund component to support FAO’s involvement in needs assessment, programme development, early establishment and reinforcement of emergency country team capacities, Level 3 (scale-up) emergency preparedness and response activities; and (iii) a programme component to support work on specific large-scale emergency programmes, or strategically complement ongoing programmes through the Agricultural Inputs Response Capacity (AIRC) window as well as the Anticipatory Action (AA) window triggered by corporate early warnings. Since its inception in 2004 through 31 December 2022, SFERA has received USD 369.4 million, of which USD 154.4 million were allocated to large-scale programmes (e.g. locust response, sudden onset disasters, El Niño response, highly pathogenic avian influenza, protracted crises and COVID-19); USD 79.4 million were disbursed under the AIRC window; USD 22.1 million under the AA window; USD 37.5 million were used to set up or reinforce Country Office emergency response capacities and support needs assessments and programme formulation; and USD 15.8 million were allocated to the Level 3 (scale-up) emergency preparedness and response window. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureSpecial Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities – Briefing note 2025
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No results found.The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enhances the capacity of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to respond rapidly to food security and agricultural emergencies. Through strategic resource partner funding, SFERA provides FAO with the financial means and flexibility to respond promptly to humanitarian crises, reducing the time between funding decisions and action on the ground. Access to SFERA funding enables FAO to support highly vulnerable populations to anticipate, prepare for, withstand and adapt to shocks and stressors. These efforts save lives and livelihoods, and reduce humanitarian needs and requirements down the line. This document provides an overview of SFERA’s mechanisms and benefits, highlighting its role in enabling FAO to deliver rapid, flexible and high-impact assistance to crisis-affected populations worldwide.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookPicturing progress – Four betters in focus 2025This commemorative volume marks the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), tracing its journey from a founding conviction – that hunger is not inevitable – to today’s global mission of transforming agrifood systems. Through a rich collection of photographs and narratives, the book illustrates how FAO works alongside farmers, fishers, scientists, governments, Indigenous Peoples, youth and civil society to advance sustainable solutions that nourish both people and planet.Organized around FAO’s vision of the four betters – better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life – the book highlights concrete progress: from regenerative farming and climate-smart livestock, to school feeding programmes, land restoration and inclusive digital innovation. It reflects on both the challenges and the opportunities facing agrifood systems, including climate volatility, conflict and inequality, while showing how collaboration, knowledge and innovation create pathways for resilience and hope.Arriving at a moment of reflection and renewal, this volume is both tribute and testimony: to the millions of people whose daily efforts sustain our world, and to FAO’s enduring commitment to building sustainable, inclusive and equitable agrifood systems that leave no one behind.