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North-east Nigeria on the brink of catastrophic food insecurity

For north-east Nigeria, the outlook is dire. Without sustained humanitarian assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, millions will struggle to feed themselves during the 2021 lean season. According to...
23 Aug 2021

Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs - 30 July 2021

Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis likely to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots – new report ROME – Efforts to fight a global surge in acute...
30 Jul 2021

Mali: Appel urgent pour une réponse multisectorielle à grande échelle aux populations en besoins d’assistance

Au Mali, l’analyse Cadre Harmonisé de Mars 2021 indique que 866 990 personnes étaient en situation de crise alimentaire ou pire (Mars – Mai). Si aucune action n’est entreprise, la...
22 Jul 2021

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2021)

This year’s edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2021) is the first global assessment of its kind in the pandemic era. The report...
13 Jul 2021

2021 Food Security component of the Global Humanitarian Overview

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12 Jul 2021

Stories From the Field: Cash-based transfers in Nigeria help displaced women to start earning an income again

Northeast Nigeria has been beset by insurgency for the past ten years, displacing millions of people within the country and to neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger, leading to soaring levels...
12 Jul 2021

NWS Fact Sheet #1 - What’s at Stake?

8 Jul 2021

South Sudan | Inter-Agency Response Update

SITUATION IN SOUTH SUDAN The people of South Sudan are facing their highest levels of food insecurity since independence 10 years ago. The impact of lean season from May to...
6 Jul 2021

Stories From the Field: A blockchain revolution in digital cash for Vanuatu

A blockchain revolution in digital cash for Vanuatu, the world’s most disaster-prone country: FSC Cash and Markets Working Group partner Oxfam supported more than 35,000 people to recover from triple...
2 Jul 2021

Stories From the Field: Food security programme in Lebanon helps Syrian families to improve nutrition during COVID-19

As part of the Cash and Markets Working Group case-studies from the field series, this one details how FSC partner Action Against Hunger implemented a fresh food voucher programme for...
29 Jun 2021

Cox's Bazar - FSS and WASH Sector Joint Guidance Note: Waste Avoidance and Management in Emergency Food Distributions

The food security and WASH sectors in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, have released a new joint Guidance Note to help FSS partners reduce waste contamination in displacement camps during emergency contexts...
22 Jun 2021

1.5M people need food and livelihoods support in eastern Ukraine

Funding levels drastically low and just 80,000 people currently targeted for food security assistance in 2021 • 1.5 million people need food security and livelihoods assistance in Eastern Ukraine in...
16 Jun 2021

Food security, nutrition, and ending child labour in agriculture for recovery and resilience

2021 has been declared the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour , in light of UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 aiming to end the practice by 2025. However,...
11 Jun 2021

UN agencies call for urgent life-saving action to avert looming famine in northern Ethiopia

FAO, WFP and UNICEF sound alarm on food insecurity in Tigray as 350,000 estimated to be in IPC 5 – Catastrophe The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
10 Jun 2021

2020 Food Security component of the Global Humanitarian Overview

8 Jun 2021

Story from the field - The South Sudan Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI)

Hunger and malnutrition are at historic highs in South Sudan : as of October 2020, 6.3 million people – more than 50 percent of the population – were in Crisis...
8 Jun 2021

FSAC in Afghanistan calls for urgent funding as over one-third of country are in Crisis or worse food insecurity

''The food security situation in Afghanistan is alarming with more than 14 million people – one-third of all Afghans - experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3...
28 May 2021

2020 Annual Report - Food Security Cluster

The gFSC 2020 Annual Report showcases the life-saving work of country FSCs and partners around the world, as well as the impact of the generous support from our donors. In...
26 May 2021

Global Partners Meeting: AGENDA (25-26-27 May 2021)

The AGENDA is available in four languages: English, Arabic, Spanish and French
20 May 2021

Cluster Nutrition et Sécurité Alimentaire: Tchad: situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle

18 May 2021

Global Food Security Cluster Statement on averting famine: we have reached a critical time for action

The window to avert famine and devastatingly high levels of acute food insecurity in multiple countries is closing fast. Acute hunger projections for 2021 are alarming, humanitarian operations are dangerously...
27 Apr 2021

Global Humanitarian Overview 2021, March Update

The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) for 2021 was launched on 1 December 2020 to help 160 million of the 235 million most vulnerable people who face hunger, conflict, displacement, the...
13 Apr 2021

Voice from the field - Syria: record 12.4 million people food insecure after a decade of conflict

Syria: record 12.4 million people food insecure after a decade of conflict As the 5th annual Brussels Conference on Syria marked a bleak anniversary, an FSL Cluster Co-Coordinator reflects on...
9 Apr 2021

Scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “staggering”, FAO, WFP warn

Over 27 million Congolese – one in three people - now critically hungry FAO and WFP sound the alarm on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the number...
6 Apr 2021

Acute hunger set to soar in over 20 countries, warn FAO and WFP

Call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent...
23 Mar 2021