Food Security Cluster

Adapting to an Urban World - Urban Essentials Needs Assessment (Kinshasa)

Urban Essential Needs Assessment in the five communes of Kimbanseke, Kinsenso, Makala, N’sele and Selembao (Kinshasa) This urban assessment has been carried out jointly through funding from the gFSC (Global...

25 Oct 2018

Social Protection Webinar II - FAO and Cash+: How to maximize the impacts of cash transfers

Wednesday 24 October 2018 - 15.30 - 17.00 CEST (UTC/GMT +2, Rome time) Speakers: Dominique Burgeon , Strategic Programme Leader - Resilience, FAO Asha Sawyer , Cash-Based Interventions Coordinator, FAO...

22 Oct 2018

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World

BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION In September 2017, we jointly launched The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, marking the beginning of a new...

17 Sep 2018

Rohingya Crisis: One Year On. The Crisis Is Far From Over

28 Aug 2018

World Breastfeeding week 2018 (1/7 August)

The Food Security Cluster supports the World Breastfeeding Week In a world filled with inequality, crises and poverty, breastfeeding is the foundation of lifelong good health. A sustainable and more...

31 Jul 2018

Corporate alert system: linking early warning to early action in the Sahel

Food crises often develop over a long period of time and are typically caused by conflict, drought or other natural hazards, as well as high food prices and low incomes,...

10 Jul 2018

Vacancy Announcement - Programme Officer gFSC in Rome

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Vacancy Announcement No: IRC5617 Issued on: 3 July 2018 I Deadline For Application: 24 July 2018 Position Title: Programme Officer (Global Food...

10 Jul 2018

The 72-hour Assessment Approach: A guide for vulnerability and spatial analysis in sudden-onset disasters, June 2018

This document, 72-hour assessment approach: a guide for vulnerability and spatial analysis in sudden-onset disasters, was developed based on the experience of the VAM Units in WFP Regional Bureaux for...

29 Jun 2018

gFSC A Year in Review: 2017

2017 marks the first year of the Strategic Plan 2017-2019 and we would like to take this occasion to thank our cluster coordinators, information management officers, partners, associates and donors...

24 Apr 2018

DRC Humanitarian Conference

At the Humanitarian Conference on the Democratic Republic of Congo on 13 April 2018, international donors announced US$528 million to support the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian aid to millions...

17 Apr 2018

Note de plaidoyer sur les besoins en sécurité alimentaire et nutrition - Mars 2018

Comme l’ont montré les récentes analyses, la note de plaidoyer de janvier 2018 (cluster SA + PAM + groupe d’ONG), et le dernier atelier du Cadre Harmonisé (novembre 2017), la...

20 Mar 2018

Humanitarian Coordinator calls for urgent action to avert worsening food crisis in South Sudan

The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Alain Noudehou, today called for urgent action to avert a worsening food crisis in the country. Over 7 million people - almost two-thirds of...

12 Mar 2018

2018 Sahel Region HRPs: Food Security Component

Below average rainfall in 2017 to early 2018 has resulted in drought conditions having a negative impact on crops and on the regeneration of pastures in the Sahel region, in...

7 Mar 2018

Global Food Security Cluster Coordination Overview

Globally, WFP and FAO co-lead some thirty food security coordination entities, managing the relationship with hundreds of national and international organisations, including the ICRC movements to ensure the most effective,...

8 Feb 2018

Ten humanitarian crises to look out for in 2018

From the Rohingya to South Sudan, hurricanes to famine, 2017 was full of disasters and crises. But 2018 is shaping up to be even worse. Here’s why. The UN has...

3 Jan 2018

Conflicts and drought spur hunger despite strong global food supply: 37 countries require external assistance for food

Strong cereal harvests are keeping global food supplies buoyant, but localised drought, flooding and protracted conflicts have intensified and perpetuated food insecurity, according to the new edition of FAO's Crop...

7 Dec 2017

Rohingya Refugee Crisis HRP 2017

As of 1 October 2017, more than 809,000 Rohingyas are estimated to be sheltering in Bangladesh, having fled violence and persecution in Myanmar. Violence which began on 25 August has...

9 Oct 2017

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017: Building Resilience for Peace and Food Security

After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a...

15 Sep 2017

World Food Assistance 2017 - Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

World Food Programme Report Launch SEP 19, 2017 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EDT Speakers: Steven Were Omamo , Deputy Director of Policy and Programme and Coordinator of Food...

7 Sep 2017

FSNAU-FEWS NET 2017 Post Gu Technical Release Final - 31 Aug 2017

With 3.1 million people facing crisis and emergency, acute food insecurity persists in Somalia Acute malnutrition Increases and risk of Famine continues August 31, 2017, Mogadishu/Washington – An estimated 3.1...

5 Sep 2017

gFSC spotlight: Conflict in Kasai, DRC

Around 1.4 million inhabitants of the Kasaï Region have been escaping violence and humiliation since the beginning of the crisis in August 2016. People living in the five provinces that...

8 Aug 2017

IM Training, Bracciano June 2017

From 19-23 June 2017, the gFSC carried out a Food Security Cluster Information Management Officer training in Lake Bracciano, Italy. The training included some 25 participants from various organisations, including...

4 Aug 2017

gFSC and gNC Event - Promoting an Integrated Famine Prevention Package: Breaking Bottlenecks

WHEN: 26 APRIL 2017 9.00 - 17.30 WHERE: WFP AUDITORIUM HQ, ROME Review of Inter-Cluster Operational Responses in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria and the Development of an Integrated...

21 Apr 2017

Results of gFSC Performance Surveys 2016

In line with our commitment to regularly review the global Food Security Cluster’s (gFSC) performance, the Global Support Team conducted two surveys in February 2017: one for Food Security Cluster...

19 Apr 2017

Food Security Component Global Humanitarian Overview 2017

In 2017, the humanitarian community is collectively aiming to support over 53 million people globally with lifesaving and livelihoods support through humanitarian appeals. There are thirty-four response plans involving FSC...

10 Apr 2017

Latest

Error message