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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportNepal: Flood impact assessment
DIEM-Impact report, November 2024
2025Also available in:
No results found.The rainfall on 26 and 27 September 2024 was identified as the heaviest ever recorded in Nepal's history. As at 5 October 2024, more than 5 300 households (approximately 26 500 people) had been affected across the districts of Kavre Palanchowk, Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Panchthar, Ramechhhap and Sindhuli. As at 16 October 2024, the death toll had reached 250 and more than 17 000 people had been rescued through rescue operations deploying more than 30 000 security personnel. The Government of Nepal declared 71 municipalities across 20 districts as disaster crisis or emergency zones due to the severe impact of landslides and floods. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) Data in Emergencies (DIEM) conducted a DIEM-Impact assessment to understand the impact of the floods on the affected population, infrastructure and essential services from 17 to 24 November 2024. FAO established DIEM-Impact to provide a granular and rapid understanding of the impact of large-scale hazards on agriculture and agricultural livelihoods using a variety of assessment methodologies, including primary and secondary information, remote sensing technologies, and FAO’s damage and loss methodology. DIEM-Impact presents a regularly updated and accessible state of food insecurity in fragile environments, and helps underpin FAO's programming based on evidence. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportRapid flood impact assessment on water management infrastructure and agriculture in Eastern Libya in 2023 2025
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No results found.In October 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) carried out rapid geospatial flood impact assessment in Eastern Libya, employing state-of-the-art technology and satellite data. This assessment focused on six critical parameters: 1) annual water extent in dams and reservoirs, 2) flood extent mapping using Sentinel-1 data at 10-metre resolution, 3) a detailed land cover map derived from Sentinel-2 data for the year 2023 using national land cover reference system, 4) an assessment of population exposure to flood risks, 5) the extent of irrigated cropland, and 6) the exposure of farmers to flooded irrigated cropland. The administrative boundary layer from Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is used. The findings point towards the necessity of region-specific flood mitigation strategies that address both human and agricultural vulnerabilities, with a view to preserving food security and community livelihoods post-disaster. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetHigh-profileNortheastern Nigeria: Humanitarian Response Plan 2024 2024
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No results found.In 2023, the levels of acute food insecurity in northeastern Nigeria were comparable to those reported during the peak of the crisis in 2016/17. Ongoing conflict, flooding and high food prices are impacting vulnerable households’ agricultural livelihoods, hampering food production. During this year’s lean season (June–August 2024), 1 in 4 people in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states are likely to be acutely food insecure. Emergency agricultural interventions must scale up urgently to increase food availability, access and incomes in the worst affected rural areas.
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DocumentOther documentManagement of Crop Diversity: Key Practices for DRR Implementers 2014
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Crop diversity, also referred to as plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), embraces the diversity within and among crops, their wild relatives and wild edible plant species. This diversity has evolved over thousands of years in a dynamic interaction between nature and humans, as part of their agricultural activities. It provides the biological foundation for food production and food security and contributes to economic development (Second Global Plan of Action, FAO, 2011). The conservation and management of agricultural crop diversity is a key issue in the struggle to achieve food security both locally and globally. However, despite the importance of PGRFA, these resources are seriously threatened by a number of factors, including land-use intensification, demographic pressure, structural changes in the agricultural sector, invasive species, climate change, replacement of traditional crops and varieties. Also, natural and human-made disasters can have a significant i mpact on crop diversity, particularly on local and traditional crops that depend on farmers and communities for their management. -
Book (stand-alone)General interest bookThe future of livestock in Nigeria
Emerging challenges in the face of uncertainty
2019Also available in:
No results found.Nigeria's society and economy will grow swiftly and transform extensively in the next three decades. Along this transformative process, the demand for animal source food will exponentially increase and livestock is likely to become the most important sector of agriculture. In order to be prepared to take action to ensure sustainable livestock production and value chains in 2050, this report provides hints fo the feasible future scenarios for livestock in the coutry and how to be prepared to ensure sustainable livestock production. This report portrays country possibile livestock futures: it sheds light on emerging challenges and uncertain disruptive events associated with a transformed livestock sector, and identifies priority areas for action to take today for a sustainable livestock in the long-term. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAdvisory note: Anchored fish aggregating devices for artisanal fisheries in South and Southeast Asia
Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia.
2012Also available in:
No results found.This advisory note aimed at fisheries managers and policy makers provides a short summary overview of the key points in the report by Beverly, S., Griffiths, D. and Lee, R. (2012) entitled, Anchored fish aggregating devices for artisanal fisheries in South and Southeast Asia: benefits and risks