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ProjectFactsheetEmergency Response and Early Recovery Support to Smallholder Farmers Affected by the 2021 Floods in Guyana and Suriname - TCP/SLC/3807 2024
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No results found.In mid-May 2021, Guyana began experiencing intense rainfall, leading to extensive flooding in several regions within the country, including the major agriculture production regions. The Government of Guyana declared a disaster in the country on 10 June 2021. The estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture (as of July 2021) revealed that the floods had damaged/affected: i) 22 246 acres of non-rice crops (vegetables, root crops, and herbs and spices), involving 18 665 farming households; ii) 7 422 livestock (poultry, ruminants, swine) farmers; and iii) 18 523 acres of rice. Furthermore, the Ministry estimated that a total of 18 837 acres of rice (involving 1 332 farmers) was highly exposed to flood risk over the following months. In March 2021, Suriname also began experiencing heavy rains following a “wet” and short dry season. Rainfall continued to increase over the following weeks and months with several days of intense, non-stop rains occurring throughout June 2021. These extreme rainfall events led to the flooding of two major rivers in the south of Suriname, partly or fully submerging various villages, their agricultural plots and other surrounding lands. Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture indicated a total of 950 hectares of crops damaged, affecting 995 farmers. Qualitative disaster impact information also indicated loss of home-based poultry livestock, and loss or distress of livestock and disruptions to small-scale artisanal fishing activities. This emergency Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project aimed to provide emergency response and early recovery support to smallholder farmers most affected by the 2021 floods in Guyana and Suriname. -
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. -
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.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe State of Food and Agriculture 2025
Addressing land degradation across landholding scales
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No results found.The 2025 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture explores the theme “Addressing land degradation across landholding scales”. It examines the implications of human-induced land degradation for agricultural production, producers of all scales and vulnerable populations. The report presents new findings on how cropland degradation contributes to the yield gap worldwide against a backdrop of broader degradation processes on other land cover types and even land abandonment. Drawing on the latest data on global farm distribution, farm sizes and crop production, the report highlights how the scale at which land is managed shapes both the constraints and the opportunities for adopting sustainable land use and management practices. It also underscores the importance of policymaking that encompasses regulatory and incentive-based measures, tailored to the varied conditions and scales of land use, to avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation. -
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureGlobal Forest Resources Assessment 2020
Key findings
2020This publication contains the main findings of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020). The data in FRA 2020 have been obtained through a transparent, traceable, reporting process and a well- established network of officially nominated national correspondents. The information provided by FRA presents a comprehensive picture of the world's forests and the ways the resource is changing. Such a clear global picture supports the development of sound policies, practices and investements affecting forests and forestry.