Introduction The paper discusses the role that social protection can play in saving livelihoods while also enhancing the capacity of households to respond, cope and withstand threats and crises. The...
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Introduction The paper discusses the role that social protection can play in saving livelihoods while also enhancing the capacity of households to respond, cope and withstand threats and crises. The...
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Dryness remains in the Greater Horn of Africa Africa Weather Hazards Below-average and erratic rainfall since December has resulted in strong moisture deficits and degraded ground conditions...
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Key Messages In West Africa, the regional harvest outlook is favorable as the 2015/16 marketing year came to a close in September. Staple food production during the 2016/17 marketing year is expected...
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Key Messages In West Africa, market availability reached seasonally low levels in August, at the peak of the lean season. However, supplies were generally adequate from above-average 2015/16 regional...
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HIGHLIGHTS Prospects for global cereal production in 2016 continued to improve in recent months with significant upward revisions for maize and wheat, reflecting particularly favourable weather...
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KEY MESSAGES In West Africa, market availability was good in July with supplies from above-average 2015/16 regional harvests, and international rice and wheat imports. Markets remained disrupted...
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KEY MESSAGES In West Africa, market availability was good in June with supplies from above-average 2015/16 regional harvests, and international rice and wheat imports. Markets remained disrupted...
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KEY MESSAGES In West Africa, market availability was good in May with supplies from above-average 2015/16 regional harvests, and international rice and wheat imports. Markets remained disrupted...
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Les premières prévisions de la FAO concernant la production mondiale de blé de 2016 font entrevoir une petite diminution, de moindres volumes étant attendus en Europe et aux États-Unis d’Amérique. ...
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Key Messages In West Africa, market availability was good in April with supplies from above-average 2015/16 regional harvests, and international rice and wheat imports. Markets remained disrupted...
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The current El Niño episode may be among the strongest on record (Earth Institute 2015). This year again, serious localized production shortfalls have occurred or are expected, creating an urgent...
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Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Wed, 6 Apr 2016 11:28 GMT By Laurie Goering LONDON, April 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Zimbabwe, worsening droughts mean farmers will struggle to grow a...
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Global crop prospects benign, but hunger intensifies in areas suffering from conflict Food security worsens further in Southern Africa due to drought 9 March 2016, Rome - Thirty-four countries,...
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By Robert Glasser Disasters don’t recognise borders or calendar years. Nonetheless one would expect to learn something of value to disaster risk reduction from newly available data on disasters in...
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This bulletin examines trends in staple food and fuel prices, the cost of the basic food basket and consumer price indices for 70 countries in the third quarter of 2015 (July to September).1 The maps...
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Highlights · FAO’s global cereal price index continued to fall in Q2-2015, down 19 percent year-on-year. · The real price of wheat dropped a further 9 percent over the last quarter. Prices are 33...