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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureSri Lanka: Response overview (June–December 2022) 2022
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No results found.Sri Lanka is witnessing an unprecedented economic crisis, and the situation is exacerbated by political and social turmoil. Consequently, agricultural production is in a downward trend and one in four people are already facing food insecurity. Since June 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has scaled up its emergency and resilience interventions, reaching more than 62 640 households (244 300 people) with emergency agricultural assistance. This document provides an overview of FAO's emergency and resilience response during June–December 2022. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureThe Niger: Response overview (June 2022) 2022
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No results found.For over a decade, the Niger has experienced a food security crisis with agricultural and pastoral production deficits. In 2021, the 2 million tonne cereal deficit meant that 39 percent of the population’s needs and 46 percent of animals’ needs were not covered. The war in Ukraine is triggering atypical price increases, including of fertilizers and wheat products. Civil insecurity also persists in border areas of the country (Liptako-Gourma, Maradi and Diffa regions). As a result, the number of departments in Phase 3 (Crisis) in the Niger has doubled between 2020/21 and 2021/22. In addition, for the first time, there are two departments in Phase 4 (Emergency) in Tillabéri. With 80 percent of the country’s population living in rural areas, FAO urgently requires funding to provide vulnerable households with rainfed agricultural support to restore their staple food production and income-generating activities, in order to quickly improve their food security. -
BookletEmergency responseDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Response overview, November 2024 2024
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No results found.The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to face one of the largest food insecurity crises in the world, driven by armed conflict, natural disasters, disease outbreaks and economic challenges, including currency depreciation and high food prices. Nearly one-quarter of the population will likely experience high levels of acute food insecurity in the first half of 2025, of whom 3.3 million people are expected to be in Emergency according to the October 2024 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) emergency programme is severely underfunded relative to staggering needs. Only 2.6 percent of its 2024 funding requirement has been met, marking a 72 percent drop compared to 2023. Urgent funding is needed to save livelihoods and reduce food insecurity.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe Fishery Industry in China  2004
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No results found.The aim of this document is to give a full and comprehensive picture of the fishery sector in China. It provides information on government policies and other initiatives, followed by a description of the fishery industry in terms of capture fisheries, marine and inland aquaculture, processing, international trade (import & export), marketing, distribution and consumption. Finally it studies the impact of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its influence. Data collection h as centred mainly upon the China National Annual Fishery Industry Statistics and some References. -
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. -
ProjectProgramme / project reportPurse seine and encircling net fishing operations in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Benin 1991
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No results found.With financial assistance from Denmark and in collaboration with the Republic of Benin, the Fisheries Department of FAO is implementing in West Africa a programme of small scale fisheries development, commonly called the IDAF Project. This programme is based upon an integrated approach involving production, processing and marketing of fish, and related activities; it also involves an active participation of the target fishing communities.This report is a working paper and the conclusions and recommendations are those considered appropriate at the time of preparation. The working papers have not necessarily been cleared for publication by the government(s) concerned nor by FAO. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the Project and issued later in other series. The designations employed and the presentation of material do not imply the expression of any opinion on the part of FAO or a financing agency concerning the legal status of any country or territory, city or area, or concerning the determination of its frontiers or boundaries.