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ProjectFactsheetEmergency Support to Vulnerable Smallholder Farming Households in Moldova to Mitigate Effects of Supply Chain Disruption Caused by the Ukraine Conflict - TCP/MOL/3901 2025
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No results found.The agriculture sector is traditionally the main pillar of the Moldovan economy. In 2020, it employed over 27 percent of the country’s labour force, and accounted for around 12 percent of Moldova’s gross domestic product and approximately 45 percent of total exports. The sector produces a large range of agricultural products, including grains, fruit, vegetables and livestock. In 2016, smallholders represented 98.8 percent of the total number of agricultural producers and cultivated 36.4 percent of the total agricultural land in the country. Smallholders and family farms generate more than 62 percent of the total national volume of agricultural produce, making a fundamental contribution to overall food production and food security. It has been estimated that approximately 70 percent of the rural population depends solely on agriculture for its livelihood. Agricultural production in Moldova is entirely dependent on the import of major agriculture inputs, including fuel, fertilizers and chemical products for plant protection. This dependency makes Moldovan agriculture subject to international price volatility. Insufficient access to quality inputs remains a constraint for competitiveness in a number of subsectors. The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has created unprecedented challenges for Moldovan farmers. Key challenges relate to reduced access to neighbouring export-import markets and to key agricultural inputs, and the disruption of economic transit routes. In 2022, the government estimated that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine had already affected 70 percent of smallholder farms. -
ProjectFactsheetEmergency Rehabilitation of Critical Supply Chains to Strengthen Agricultural Production and Rural Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers in the Earthquake-Affected Region in Türkiye - TCP/TUR/3906 2024
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No results found.In February 2023, Türkiye was struck by two powerful earthquakes, measuring 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale, in the southern region. The catastrophic events led to over 50 000 deaths, more than 100 000 injuries, and the displacement of nearly 3.3 million people. The affected area, home to over 14 million people, was placed under a state of emergency due to the severe social and economic disruptions. The agricultural sector in the earthquake-affected region experienced extensive damage, estimated at over USD 6.4 billion. This includes losses in crop and livestock production, food stocks, and agricultural infrastructure. Approximately 450 000 hectares of planted areas, mainly winter wheat and other export crops, were severely affected. The region, which contributes 20 percent of Türkiye's total agricultural production and 15 percent of its agricultural GDP, saw significant damage to its agricultural land, affecting 40.3 million decares, or 16.9 percent of the country's total agricultural land. Moreover, over 815 000 farm animals perished, and critical infrastructure such as animal barns, greenhouses, and agro-food processing facilities were destroyed. In response to the crisis, the FAO and the MoAF have been conducting assessments to evaluate the impact on food security. -
ProjectFactsheetEmergency Food Security and Livelihoods Assistance to Conflict Affected Households in Ukraine - TCP/UKR/3901 2024
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No results found.The crisis in Ukraine reached alarming proportions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimated a staggering 4.5 million people requiring urgent agricultural livelihoods support and food assistance, which represents a 2 000 percent increase since the onset of the crisis in February 2022. As the conflict continued to escalate, a humanitarian crisis especially in East Ukraine became dire. To address this, a project was designed to target the most vulnerable populations affected by the conflict, particularly those residing in rural areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblast. These regions saw a significant deterioration in living conditions due to the ongoing conflict, resulting in higher unemployment rates and limited access to livelihood opportunities. Many households within 0 to 10 kilometers of the contact line were left grappling with food insecurity, resorting to backyard agriculture and livestock production to meet their basic nutritional needs.
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BookletCorporate general interestAgrifood solutions to climate change
FAO's work to tackle the climate crisis
2023Amid a worsening climate crisis and slow progress in cutting greenhouse gases, sustainable agrifood systems practices can help countries and communities to adapt, build resilience and mitigate emissions, ensuring food security and nutrition for a growing global population. FAO is working with countries and partners from government to community level to simultaneously address the challenges of food security, climate change and biodiversity loss.But none of this will ultimately succeed unless the world commits to a significant increase in the quality and quantity of climate finance. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
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.