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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureGaza Strip: Time-critical support to farming households to help reactivate local agrifood production and restore conflict-affected livelihoods
Project profile, October 2025
2025Also available in:
No results found.With funding from the Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting 200 farming households in Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, with cash transfers to cultivate small vegetable plots. Despite severe import restrictions and access constraints, participants are producing diverse crops, improving household food security and contributing to local markets. Continued and scaled-up support will help restore livelihoods, sustain vegetable production and reinforce the role of cash assistance as a lifeline under challenging conditions. -
Policy briefPolicy briefEvidence and policy options on migration, cash crop production and deforestation in Uganda
FAO Agricultural Development Economics Policy Brief 40
2021Also available in:
No results found.This policy brief, prepared by the FAO Economic and Policy Analysis of Climate Change (EPIC), aims to analyse the relationships and policy options in regard to migration, cash crops and deforestation in Uganda. In particular, it shows that: – the expansion of cash crop activities significantly drives deforestation in Uganda; - migrants who produce cash crops contribute to deforestation significantly more than locals; - improving coordination between interventions on forests, agriculture and land use, and securing land rights is crucial in order to minimize the negative impact of agriculture on deforestation; - supporting migrant integration in hosting areas is recommended to reduce forest losses and enhance agricultural development. -
DocumentOther documentConditional cash assistance to build resilience against water scarcity in the West Bank
Creating employment opportunities and enhancing adaptive capacities to recurrent drought within protracted crises
2015Also available in:
No results found.This good practice fact sheet highlights the need to address vulnerable beneficiaries’ limited access to water sources, as well as lack of financial resources and capital investment. Currently, water scarcity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is characterized by challenges both of an environmental and human-made nature. Declining levels of water access, resulting from the combined effects of drought, dropping water tables and Israel-imposed restrictions on the construction and rehabilitation of we lls and water resources; has greatly impacted Palestinian water use. As water is an integral component of the agriculture sector, its availability at an acceptable and consistent level is a prerequisite for building sustainable and resilient livelihoods.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
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.