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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCash Assistance Programme | 2021 Delivery | Afghanistan 2022
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No results found.The document provides key information on the achievements using cash transfers in the FAO programme in 2021 in Afghanistan. Nearly 845 000 people living in the rural areas benefitted from FAO cash assistance in the country. FAO has been using unconditional cash transfers and cash-for-work as modalities to provide food insecure households an income support addressing their basis food security and nutrition needs. The document explains who is receiving the cash transfers and the kind of infrastructures rehabilitated through cash-work modality which benefit the whole community. -
BookletTechnical briefEvidence in action: how anticipatory cash transfers reduce humanitarian needs and strengthen resilience in Somalia 2025
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No results found.In 2024, FAO delivered anticipatory cash transfers to 2 400 households in Somalia, triggered by early warning information from the Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM), ahead of peak drought conditions. One of the first rigorously evaluated anticipatory actions in the country, the intervention compared 1 600 beneficiary and 1 600 control households. Results show that anticipatory cash transfers improved purchasing power, food security and crop protection, increased savings, reduced displacement and strengthened household resilience. Lump-sum transfers were more effective than monthly instalments in preventing livestock losses, confirming the greater impact of assistance provided before hazards peak. These findings highlight the role of anticipatory cash transfers in reducing humanitarian needs, protecting livelihoods and supporting the humanitarian–development–peace nexus. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCash and voucher assistance
Providing live-saving assistance to enable vulnerable families to cope with crises or shocks and promoting resilient agricultural livelihoods for the future
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No results found.Through its cash and voucher assistance programmes, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides immediate relief to vulnerable households while also helping them to protect their assets from shocks (e.g. drought, illness, conflict, poor production), overcome cash shortages, promote their livelihoods and improve their food security and nutrition.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2019
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
2019The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, efforts to reduce food loss and waste will only be effective if informed by a solid understanding of the problem. This report provides new estimates of the percentage of the world’s food lost from production up to the retail level. The report also finds a vast diversity in existing estimates of losses, even for the same commodities and for the same stages in the supply chain. Clearly identifying and understanding critical loss points in specific supply chains – where considerable potential exists for reducing food losses – is crucial to deciding on appropriate measures. The report provides some guiding principles for interventions based on the objectives being pursued through food loss and waste reductions, be they in improved economic efficiency, food security and nutrition, or environmental sustainability. -
Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
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No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated. -
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.