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DocumentPolicy briefHunger in the Face of Crisis
Global Economic Slowdown Underscores Urgency of Addressing Long-Term Challenges
2009More than one billion people are undernourished worldwide. FAO estimates show a significant deterioration of an already disappointing trend witnessed over the past ten years. The large increase in the number of undernourished people in 2009 underlies the urgency of tackling the root causes of hunger swiftly and effectively. -
DocumentMeeting documentHIGH LEVEL LAUNCH EVENT: Food Coalition - A Global Alliance to prevent the health crisis becoming a food crisis. Provisional Agenda
Virtual meeting, 5 November 2020
2020Also available in:
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureCoalición alimentaria - Una alianza mundial para impedir que las crisis sanitarias se transformen en crisis alimentarias 2021La enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID 19) ha llegado a todos los rincones del mundo y ha causado repercusiones a largo plazo en los sistemas alimentarios, la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición. La crisis ha afectado a la producción de alimentos, la salud de los agricultores, el acceso a los insumos agrícolas, el acceso a los mercados, los empleos y medios de vida rurales, y ha conducido a una disminución de la demanda de alimentos tanto en las zonas rurales como en las ciudades debido a la pérdida de empleos e ingresos. La crisis ha puesto de manifiesto la urgencia y la necesidad de adoptar medidas colectivas coordinadas en el plano mundial para impedir que la crisis sanitaria global se convierta en una crisis alimentaria. La Coalición alimentaria es una alianza mundial de múltiples partes interesadas, una red de redes que facilita una acción mundial unificada para responder a la COVID 19 y recuperarse de ella. La Coalición tiene la finalidad de movilizar recursos financieros, innovaciones y competencias técnicas, fomentar actividades de promoción y establecer un espacio neutral para el diálogo entre una variedad de partes interesadas clave en apoyo a los países que más lo necesitan. La Coalición alimentaria también representa un firme compromiso con la Agenda 2030. La Coalición respaldará los esfuerzos para ayudar a los países a retomar la senda hacia el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 1 y 2 (poner fin a la pobreza y el hambre) y, en particular, trabajar para transformar los sistemas agroalimentarios, mejorar la nutrición, incrementar la productividad agrícola y los ingresos de los pequeños productores y los agricultores familiares, elevar los niveles de vida en las zonas rurales y afrontar las perturbaciones causadas por la pandemia y sus efectos en los grupos vulnerables, especialmente las mujeres, los jóvenes y los pueblos indígenas.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
2020Also available in:
No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated. -
Book (stand-alone)High-profileDisaster risk reduction at farm level: Multiple benefits, no regrets
Results from cost-benefit analyses conducted in a multi-country study, 2016-2018
2019Also available in:
No results found.This report presents the findings of a multi-year FAO study undertaken on over 900 farms in ten different countries that measured, using field data, benefits gained through the use of innovative farming practices designed to boost the resilience of farmers in the face of natural disasters and other shocks. Its findings show that the use of good disaster risk reduction practices offer significant economic gains at the household level, and also that – because they are usually low-cost and easily implemented – they hold significant potential for reducing disaster risks at the national and regional scales as well. These results can guide farmers in making choices about how to manage risks, and have important implications for disaster risk policymaking as well. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food and Agriculture 2019
Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction
2019The need to reduce food loss and waste is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Food loss and waste reduction is considered important for improving food security and nutrition, promoting environmental sustainability and lowering production costs. However, efforts to reduce food loss and waste will only be effective if informed by a solid understanding of the problem. This report provides new estimates of the percentage of the world’s food lost from production up to the retail level. The report also finds a vast diversity in existing estimates of losses, even for the same commodities and for the same stages in the supply chain. Clearly identifying and understanding critical loss points in specific supply chains – where considerable potential exists for reducing food losses – is crucial to deciding on appropriate measures. The report provides some guiding principles for interventions based on the objectives being pursued through food loss and waste reductions, be they in improved economic efficiency, food security and nutrition, or environmental sustainability.