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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureNamibia: El Niño impact assessment highlights
June 2024
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No results found.This document presents the highlights of an impact assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, and the Office of the Prime Minister, to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods in 14 regions of Namibia. The comprehensiveassessment approach included an innovative combination of four components: crop yield forecasts using a NASA Harvest model; a household survey with 1 365 rural households interviewed across the 14 regions between May and June 2024; an agriculture sector damage and loss assessment; and a seed assessment through interviews with key informants in the seed sector. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTechnical briefAngola: El Niño impact assessment highlights
May 2024
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the National Statistical Institute and the Civil Protection Services, conducted an assessment to evaluate the impact of El Niño‑induced events on agricultural production and livelihoods in 11 municipalities located in Angola’s four southwestern provinces – Benguela, Cunene, Huíla and Namibe. This comprehensive assessment approach conducted in April and May 2024 included an innovative combination of four components: yield estimations using a NASA Harvest model; a household survey with a sample of 2 318 households and 200 community interviews; an agriculture sector damage and loss assessment; and a seed security assessment conducted through interviews with 15 key informants in the seed sector. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTechnical briefZambia: El Niño impact assessment highlights
July 2024
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No results found.This document presents the highlights of an impact assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Zambia Vulnerability Assessment Committee, to understand the impact of El Niño on agricultural production and livelihoods across seven provinces of Zambia. The comprehensive assessment approach included an innovative combination of four components: geospatial analysis of the impact of El Niño through the generation of maize yield forecasts in partnership with NASA Harvest; a household survey conducted through the Food Security Cluster that reached 4 281 rural households across five provinces (84 districts) in March 2024; an agriculture sector damage and loss assessment; and a seed assessment conducted through interviews with key informants in the seed sector.
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BookletHigh-profileFAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 2022The FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031 was endorsed by FAO Council in June 2022. This new strategy replaces the previous strategy from 2017 to better FAO's climate action with the Strategic Framework 2022-2031, and other FAO strategies that have been developed since then. The Strategy was elaborated following an inclusive process of consultation with FAO Members, FAO staff from headquarters and decentralized offices, as well as external partners. It articulates FAO's vision for agrifood systems by 2050, around three main pillars of action: at global and regional level, at country level, and at local level. The Strategy also encourages key guiding principles for action, such as science and innovation, inclusiveness, partnerships, and access to finance.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureAfrican migratory locust response to mitigate impacts on food security and livelihoods
Namibia component
2023Also available in:
No results found.During February 2020, the first wave of the African Migratory Locust (AML) was reported in north-eastern Namibia. This was followed by a second wave which was reported in August 2020, which affected the north-eastern as well as north-central regions. In March 2021, a third wave was reported and this comprised of AML and Red Locust – to a lesser extent – in the aforementioned areas, and Brown Locust (BL) in the southern parts of Namibia. During that period, it was reported that over 2 000 hectares of cropland and more than 700 000 hectares of grazing was impacted negatively by locusts. Noting the transboundary nature of these pests and the credible threats they pose to food and nutrition security, and upon request from the Government of Namibia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in its capacity as a specialized technical agency of the UN, saw it fit to avail technical assistance through the "African migratory locust response to mitigate impacts on food security and livelihoods" with the aim to ensure that the food and nutrition security, and livelihoods of vulnerable people in AML (locust)-affected regions in Namibia are protected from locust damage in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner.