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Chapter 1. Overview South-East Asia is frequently affected by drought and its impacts. During 2015 to 2020, the entire ASEAN region experienced at least six months of drought.1 For a better...

Executve Summary South-East Asia is regularly hit by droughts. Though starting slowly, droughts can have devastating cumulative impacts – striking hardest at the poor and heightening inequality, as...

EL NIÑO ADVISORY This is the final report on the effects of El Niño Phenomenon which started last quarter of 2018 and has ended based on the final advisory issued by DOST-PAGASA on 09 August 2019. ...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT • Aggregate 2020 cereal output forecast close to average level • Rice exports forecast to expand in 2021 • COVID-19 pandemic and cereal production shortfalls in north heighten...

COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 45 countries, 34 of which in Africa, continue to be in need of external assistance for food. The impact of the COVID-19...

HIGHLIGHTS Disasters are threatening the lives of millions of people across the East Asia and the Pacific region and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has contributed to rising numbers...

South-East Asia has long experienced severe droughts. However, this second edition of Ready for the Dry Years reveals that the severity of two drought events during 2015-2016 and 2018-2020 exceed...

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The Mekong Delta has a total population of 19 million people, accounting for 21 per cent of the national population. The Mekong Delta is the largest...

Why this update? For the last four years, the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) has provided an annual, consensus-based overview of the severity, magnitude and drivers of the world’s food crises. ...

COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 45 countries, including 34 in Africa, are in need of external assistance for food. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Highlights The costs of food baskets were affected 'severely' in 20 countries in Q2-2020, during which the COVID-19 pandemic has played a major role. Most notably, despite massive income losses,...

Executive summary ● A long-lasting drought is affecting parts of South East Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia) because of a combination of a precipitation deficit inherited from 2019...

Context Analysis and Situation overview Myanmar has been experiencing Civil war since independence with this affecting selected parts of the country at different times and with different drivers. The...

COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 44 countries, of which 34 are in Africa, continue to be in need of external assistance for food. The effects of the...

In Numbers US$ 0.60 m six months (June – November 2020) net funding requirements Operational Updates • After the second ‘State of Emergency’ ended on 27 May, 2020, the Government extended it for...