Food Security

A swarm of Desert Locusts in Samburu County, Kenya

UN fast tracks $10 million loan to help scale up FAO action to fight Desert Locusts

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, UNGA President Tiijani Muhammad-Bande and Jorge Chediek.

Cooperation models for transforming the agricultural sector

Seni is a migrant from Burkina Faso waiting for IOM’s assistance to return home from Chad

As boom turns to bust, community stabilization in Chad helps both host communities and migrants

Africa Community Stabilization

Mauritania: Urgent action needed as food insecurity grips communities

Africa Food Security

Food aid arrives in Malawi, but will the region get enough relief to prevent many more deaths? Photo : ©WFP / Mike Higgins

Millions threatened with starvation

Food Security poverty

UN appeals for emergency relief for Southern Africa

A troubled decade for Africa's children

Trapped by poverty, disease, war and insufficient aid

The harvest that wasn't. Photo: Eva-Lotta Jansson/IRIN

Southern Africa’s food crisis in numbers*

Africa Southern Africa

Cattle can be more resilient than crops. Photo: www.karamoja.eu

Uganda’s Karamoja faces drought emergency

Africa Aid Policy

A family of farmers watch as locust-control workers spray pesticides on their land in Madagascar’s Betroka region. Photo: FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba

UN agencies warn of deteriorating food security in Southern Madagascar

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and GEF CEO Naoko Ishii visit Africa’s largest gene bank. Photo credit: UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa (Addis Ababa)

Powered by environmental finance, Africa’s largest gene bank helps to bolster biodiversity, food security

Africa biodiversity

West Africa has potential to strengthen its agricultural sector

Africa West Africa

Millions at risk of food insecurity in Central African Republic

Africa Central African Republic

Farmers in the Central African Republic need urgent assistance