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Food Security and Nutrition Update (FSNWG)

18 Mar 2021

Call for Action to Avert Famine in 2021

The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity has remained persistently above 100 million over the last four years. In 2019, the figure rose sharply to 135 million across 58...
15 Mar 2021

With 30 Million Facing Famine, UN Secretary-General Announces Prevention Task Force

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council debate on conflict and food security, held today: Thank you for this opportunity to brief you on the links...
12 Mar 2021

Cox's Bazar - Joint Press Release on Mask Distribution 2nd Round

Food Security Sector (FSS) in Cox’s Bazar with over 40 partners and UN agencies in joint initiative to distribute 1.6 million reusable cloth masks to all Rohingya refugees aged over...
15 Feb 2021

gFSC Guidance: Urban targeting in the context of COVID-19

Today, over 4 billion people around the world – more than half the global population – live in cities. Increasing urbanization leads to people living in closer proximity to one...
19 Jan 2021

Sahel et Afrique de l'Ouest : situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle 2020-21

Publié : décembre 2020 Cette affiche offre une vue d’ensemble de la situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle 2020 et des perspectives en 2021. Pour la deuxième année consécutive, la région doit...
18 Jan 2021

10th Anniversary of the Food Security Cluster. Global partners meeting, 11 & 12 November 2020

External link: https://arcg.is/0nnLmr0
14 Dec 2020

Global Humanitarian Overview 2021

At a Glance PEOPLE IN NEED - 235 M PEOPLE TARGETED - 160 M REQUIREMENTS (US$) - $ 35 B APPEALS - 34 Section one: Global trends COVID-19 has triggered...
1 Dec 2020

Stand and deliver: 10 years of the global Food Security Cluster

World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization join their partners to mark a decade of collaboration Last week in Rome, the global Food Security Cluster — of organizations working...
20 Nov 2020

UN emergency funding released to help stave off famine in high-risk countries

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today allocated US$100 million to help people feed themselves in countries most at risk from the growing hunger epidemic caused by conflict, economic decline, climate...
18 Nov 2020

Global Partners Meeting on the 10th Anniversary of the Food Security Cluster, Report

Global Partners Meeting gFSC 10th Anniversary - Meeting Report Full screen view (external link): https://arcg.is/0nnLmr0
10 Nov 2020

Tchad: les inondations affectent presque de 400 000 personnes et ménacent la sécurité alimentaire du pays

Aperçu de la situation La saison des pluies a enregistré des précipitations records au Tchad. Le mois d’août 2020 en particulier a provoqué de nombreuses inondations sur la plupart du...
30 Oct 2020

Cox's Bazar - Joint Humanitarian Community Press Release

Food Security Sector (FSS) partners in Bangladesh have helped jumpstart the production and distribution of over 2.8 million reusable masks throughout refugee settlements and host communities in the Cox’s Bazar...
23 Oct 2020

World Food Day - Wishing FAO a very happy 75th birthday!

Wishing FAO a very happy 75th birthday! What better moment than World Food Day 2020 – one so drastically different to just a year ago – to appreciate everything the...
16 Oct 2020

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020

Transforming Food Systems for Affordable Healthy Diets Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible...
12 Oct 2020

Addressing Acute Malnutrition Framework

Technical Series on the Conceptual Framework for Addressing Acute Malnutrition in Africa’s Drylands Childhood wasting is an increasing global public health problem and studies have shown that emergency rates of...
9 Oct 2020

Devastating floods threaten food security of millions across the Sahel and Sudan

Torrential rains have displaced hundreds of thousands of people across the Sahel and Sudan since August. What are believed to be the heaviest seasonal rains in a decade have led...
7 Oct 2020

Lebanon - Beirut Port Blast Advocacy - August 2020

FOr the latest updates on the Beirut Blast, visit this page: https://fscluster.org/lebanon
7 Sep 2020

Rohingya: three years into the crisis

25 Aug 2020

Lebanon Flash Appeal - August 2020

17 Aug 2020

FSC Global funding dashboard

The gFSC funding dashboard provides the latest figures on FSC requirements and funding for the 2020 appeals i.e. the country level HRPs as well as the COVID-19 GHRP. It tracks...
30 Jul 2020

CFS-FSC WEBINAR - Making Food Systems Work for Healthy Diets

Presentation of the Draft Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition by the Committee on World Food Security Note from the Global Food Security Cluster Coordinator Today, as we speak,...
29 Jul 2020

Safeguarding food security and nutrition during and after COVID-19

The gFSC calls for immediate collective and strategic action by national governments, partners and donors to rapidly and effectively coordinate response efforts, at global and national levels, to: Ensure access...
27 Jul 2020

FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots July 2020

The COVID-19 crisis unfolds at a time when the number of acutely food-insecure people in the world has already risen over the past four years, largely due to conflict, climate...
20 Jul 2020

Fully funded, coordinated response critical to avoid food security catastrophe from COVID-19

Release of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan (GHRP): COVID-19 Progress Report, 26 June 2020 Message on behalf of Bruno Minjauw, global Food Security Cluster Coordinator Dear colleagues, Without an immediate...
7 Jul 2020