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Food Security Cluster Strategic Plan 2020-2022

The year 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Global Food Security Cluster(gFSC). Unfortunately, since then more people have been affected by humanitarian crises across theworld and...
6 Jul 2020

WFP Global Response to COVID-19: June 2020

The global COVID-19 crisis is threatening food security, especially in low- and middle-income countries and fragile states. The UN Secretary-General has warned of an impending global food emergency that could...
1 Jul 2020

Guidance for Emergency Seed Interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Emergency seed interventions may already be planned or ongoing in many areas (e.g. to respond to drought, pest infestation, displacement, or other stresses). COVID-19 and its associated restrictions on travel,...
25 Jun 2020

THE DESERT LOCUST CRISIS IN THE NEW REVISED HRP

25 Jun 2020

Countries at risk of food insecurity and agriculture loss from COVID-19 and/or desert locust crises

15 Jun 2020

The regional Food security and nutrition Working group West Africa

Advocacy note on the immediate impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the food and nutrition security in West African countries and the Sahel. Available in English and French.
10 Jun 2020

Note de plaidoyer en faveur d’une réponse coordonnée et mise à l’echelle de sécurité du Covid-19 au Mali

L’urgence sanitaire ne doit pas faire oublier que l’impact du COVID-19 est aussi socio-économique et va aggraver la situation de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle d’une population malienne déjà extrêmement vulnérable...
10 Jun 2020

The IPC Population Tracking Tool

The IPC Population Tracking Tool is a new online platform that gives the public access to population data from more than 30 different countries. It allows users to download resource...
3 Jun 2020

Desert Locust Crisis Story Map

20 May 2020

Food Security Cluster 2019 in review

Cyclones Idai, Kenneth and the escalating conflicts in the Sahel. From the displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh to the ongoing conflicts in the Sahel Region, 2019 was marked by the heavy...
5 May 2020

Taking anticipatory action to protect livelihoods and food security in desert locust-affected communities

(Source FAO) In recent weeks we have highlighted our ongoing support of government-led efforts to control the desert locust upsurge – as illustrated in the FAO desert locust information dashboard...
1 May 2020

FAO - Early Warning Early Action Report on food security and agriculture (apr/jun 2020)

The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides a quarterly forward-looking...
27 Apr 2020

2020 GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. At 135...
22 Apr 2020

Save the Date, 21 April. Food Crises and COVID-19, launch of the 2020 Global Report

Release of the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises and COVID-19 and knock-on effects of COVID-19 pandemic in the hungriest countries. For more info: http://www.fightfoodcrises.net Flyer attached. The 2020 Global...
20 Apr 2020

FAO - COVID-19 policy briefs collection and policymaking toolkit

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting not only people’s lives, livelihoods and nutrition but also food trade, food supply chains and markets. Among the tools that FAO is developing to provide...
9 Apr 2020

GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN COVID-19

“The world is only as strong as the weakest health system. This COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan aims to enable us to fight the virus in the world’s poorest countries,...
25 Mar 2020

International Day of Happiness (20 March)

What is the International Day of Happiness? It’s a day to be happy, of course! Since 2013, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness as a way...
20 Mar 2020

global Food Security Cluster Coordinator, Bruno Minjauw visits Burkina Faso

Bruno Minjauw, the global Food Security Cluster Coordinator, recently visited Burkina Faso. He travelled to Ouagadougou, Kaya and Dori to meet with agency representatives, sector focal points and governors following...
19 Mar 2020

Inside stories from Alistair Short, Cluster Coordinator in South Sudan.

First of all, what does the Cluster do? The Global Food Security Cluster coordinates the food security response in humanitarian crises. We make sure that limited resources are distributed fairly,...
3 Mar 2020

2019 Food Security Component of the Global Humanitarian Overview (Jan/Dec 2019)

In 2019 the Food Security Cluster represented 130 million people in need globally. The Food Security Component was the largest percentage (37%) of the Global FUnding Requirement with 8.1 billion...
2 Mar 2020

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - Food Security Cluster Coordinator (Iraq)

We have a Call for Expression of Interest for a 3 months position as National Cluster Coordinator based in Iraq. The contract will be a consultancy as international consultant with...
19 Feb 2020

EAST & HORN OF AFRICA: IPC Food Security Phase Classification and Desert Locusts

Desert locusts could worsen food insecurity in East and Horn of Africa The East and Horn of Africa region is currently facing one of the worst infestations of desert locusts...
17 Feb 2020

Expression of Interest - Information Manager for Food Security Cluster/Sector, Sudan

The Food Security & Livelihoods Sector in Khartoum, Sudan is looking for an International - Information Management Officer. The position will be for 3 months, with possibility of extension for...
7 Feb 2020

Wheat to Bread Facility Mapping and Needs Assessment

Bread has long been a staple to the Syrian diet, playing a pivotal role in their everyday meals and eating rituals. During the pre-conflict era in Syria, facilities such as...
6 Feb 2020

The worst Desert Locust outbreak in decades threatens food security across East Africa.

Highlights The worst desert locust outbreak in 25 years has caused significant pasture losses across East Africa, mainly in agro-pastoral areas of eastern Ethiopia, central Somalia and northern Kenya. As...
30 Jan 2020