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Vacancy: Technical Adviser (Food Security and Agriculture Cluster Coordinator)

Job Posting: 28/Jan/2020 Closure Date: 18/Feb/2020, 10:59:00 PM Organizational Unit: FAO Representation in Afghanistan, FAAFG Job Type: Staff position Type of Requisition: Professional Project Grade Level: P-4 Primary Location: Afghanistan-Kabul...
28 Jan 2020

Locust Situation update (28 Jan)

Locusts will increase further as a new generation of breeding starts in the Horn of Africa FAO Report attached
28 Jan 2020

Desert locust swarms reach Sudan, Eritrea, and Djibouti, as flooding continues in Zambia and Angola

1. Over the past two weeks flash floods have been reported in Luanda, Uige, and Cabinda provinces of Angola. 2. Increasing numbers of desert locust swarms are moving across eastern...
23 Jan 2020

Early Warning Early Action Report on Food Security and Agriculture, Jan/March 2020

The report summarizes the major risks to agriculture and food security, including their likelihood and the extent of their probable impact. View report here
22 Jan 2020

The State of Food Security and Nutrition Report 2019

Food insecurity is more than just hunger The main indicator for monitoring progress on the eradication of hunger in the world reported here is the prevalence of undernourishment, or PoU...
21 Jan 2020

Information Management Officer for Food Security Sector, Syria

Call for interest Place of Work: Amman, Jordan Reports to: Food Security Sector Coordinator The contract will be a consultancy with WFP or FAO. Please find attached the TORs for...
20 Jan 2020

Ethiopia-Somalia: Climate change and violence trap millions in near-constant crisis

Addis Ababa (ICRC) – Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are trapped in near-constant crisis as the combination of droughts, floods, and violence force people from their homes...
16 Jan 2020

Haiti | Humanitarian Needs Overview 2020

Haiti's shocks in recent years, combined with the country's structural weaknesses and the extremely unstable social, economic and political context, have had a lasting impact on the ability of the...
13 Jan 2020

Malawi, nearly 1.9 million people are food insecure

Overview UPDATED PROJECTION NOV 2019 - MARCH 2020 In the period November 2019 to March 2020, which is the peak of the hunger season, about 1.9 million people are estimated...
8 Jan 2020

WFP Global Hotspots 2020

Potential ashpoints to lookout for in New Year
3 Jan 2020

Transforming the world through food and agriculture

A world facing escalating threats demands that we act without delay to safeguard livelihoods, future-proof our planet and lock in sustainable outcomes. The 2030 Agenda is there to guide us...
18 Dec 2019

Launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2020

The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2020 was launched on 4 December 2019. The GHO is the most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based assessment of world humanitarian needs.
4 Dec 2019

Underfunded Appeals: Understanding the Consequences, Improving the System

The EBA-report Underfunded Appeals. Understanding the Consequences, Improving the System studies the consequences of funding covering less and less of the stated urgent humanitarian needs worldwide. In 2017 the estimated...
29 Nov 2019

Cluster Coordinators - Join our team in Ukraine

We have a vacancy for for a consultancy position as FSC Coordinator and Livelihood Cluster/Sector based in Kiev Ukraine for an initial period of 6 months extendable. Starting Date: December...
20 Nov 2019

AFGHANISTAN: Over 10 million people severely food insecure due to conflict, high food prices and high unemployment

Between August and October 2019, it is estimated that a total of 10.23 million people (33% of the total population) were in severe acute food insecurity and require urgent humanitarian...
20 Nov 2019

The UN Common Guidance on Resilience for Humanitarian-Development-Peace Actors

The Preparedness and Resilience Working Group (PRWG) aims to guide and support in-country Food Security Cluster (gFSC) on necessary preparedness and resilience-building activities to contribute to bridge the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus,...
6 Nov 2019

Colombia: Impact of Early Warning Early Action

Boosting food security and social cohesion on the frontline of the migration crisis​ The intensity and frequency of natural hazards and conflicts is increasing, and they are leaving in their...
6 Nov 2019

We are hiring (Mali) - Cluster Coordinator

The Food Security Cluster has a vacancy in Bamako, Mali for a Cluster Coordinator The contract will be as international consultant with WFP for an initial period of 6 months...
23 Oct 2019

Early Warning Early Action Report on Food Security and Agriculture | October - December 2019

Dowload latest report here: http://www.fao.org/3/ca6372en/ca6372en.pdf
20 Oct 2019

Zimbabwe, once the bread basket of Africa

Advocacy note, September 2019.
16 Oct 2019

World Food Day

It's your day! Collective action across 150 countries is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities...
16 Oct 2019

We are hiring (Sudan) - 1 Coordinator and 1 IMO

The Food Security Cluster has two job vacancies in Khartoum, Sudan: 1 Cluster Coordinator 1 Information Management Officer Both positions are for an 11 months consultancy with either FAO or...
3 Oct 2019

5.8 million people severely food insecure in Sudan

An estimated 5.8 million people (14% of the total population) are experiencing Crisis or worse levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 and above) and are in need of urgent...
30 Sep 2019

The cost of doing nothing

The humanitarian price of climate change and how it can be avoided
23 Sep 2019

We are hiring (Mozambique)

The Food Security Cluster has two vacancies for two International Consultants in Mozambique. 1) An international consultant, National Coordinator, duty station Maputo (Mozambique) with travel to regional hubs (Beira, Pemba,...
20 Sep 2019