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ProjectFactsheetEmergency and Early Recovery Support to Floods-Affected Farming Households in Western Terai, Nepal - TCP/NEP/3809 2023
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No results found.Nepal is highly vulnerable to climate change, hydrometeorological hazards and extreme events such as storms, floods, landslides and debris flow, and soil erosion. These hazards often affect the food and nutritional security of vulnerable households (HHs) as well as their livelihoods, with women and children representing the most affected population. Unseasonal incessant rainfall between 21 and 24 October 2021 triggered landslides in the hills, and flooding and inundation mostly in Western and Eastern Terai region and parts of Karnali. These constitute the main paddy pocket area in Nepal - the country’s food basket. Substantial damage was caused in the agriculture sector, in both cropland and paddy crops, which were at the harvesting stage. This further increased the vulnerability of the Terai communities in the most severely flood-hit districts. The Government of Nepal, including local government units, carried out an assessment of agricultural losses and damage in the affected areas. The conclusion was an urgent need to provide immediate agricultural recovery support to the impacted populations in order to protect their food and nutrition security, and livelihoods. In response to this need, in partnership with MoALD and the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoLMAC), Sudurpaschim Province, and in close coordination with the affected and vulnerable municipalities and communities, FAO prepared agricultural recovery packages to assist the affected population to recuperate from the shocks and to resume its disrupted agricultural practices. -
ProjectFactsheetEmergency Agricultural Livelihoods Assistance for Flood-Affected Households in Kenya - TCP/KEN/3701 2022
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No results found.Despite predictions of normal to below normal rainfall for March, April and May 2018 parts of Kenya witnessed rains well in excess of seasonal norms, with many parts of the country receiving more rains in the first three months of the year than they did in the whole of 2017 The month of April alone recorded rainfall up to 85 percent above the long term average This led to unprecedented flooding around the country, causing wide scale death, displacement, and disruption of agricultural activities and livelihoods The floods were accompanied by active outbreaks of cholera and chikungunya (a mosquito borne viral illness) While much of the flood response was focused on human health and shelter, there were a number of critical areas that required the intervention of FAO, such as assistance in preparedness for a potential Rift Valley Fever ( outbreak, as well as in the rehabilitation of affected irrigation schemes, particularly in areas with high levels of poverty and malnutrition With extensive flooding in both Tana River and Garissa Counties, coupled with increasing mosquito populations, the risk of a RVF outbreak was high. -
ProjectFactsheetRapid Livelihood Assistance to Flood Affected Populations in South Sudan - TCP/SSD/3703 2021
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No results found.Beginning in June 2019 heavy rain and flooding has had detrimental effects on crop and livestock production across multiple states in South Sudan, with an estimated 900 000 people being adversely affected Based on a rapid assessment conducted by FAO, approximately 74 157 hectares of cultivated land has been damaged, resulting in a loss of 72 600 tonnes of grain in flood affected areas Further complicating matters, some large scale farms remained flooded, making planting activities impossible in 2019 Moreover, an estimated 3 million livestock were affected by flooding, resulting in widespread mortality and a three fold increase in livestock disease As water levels recede, soil moisture conditions are expected to improve, offering an opportunity for flood recession farming These conditions favour the planting of certain vegetable crop varieties ahead of the usual cropping calendar Importantly, this creates an opportunity to address growing concerns over food and livelihood security among flood affected populations in South Sudan.
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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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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
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.