Global Food and Nutrition Security
EDD event: Are value chains a driver for equality?
VCA4D against inequalities.
United to end child labour in agriculture
To mark the World Day Against Child Labour, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are jointly organising a conference followed by an interactive workshop with the title ‘United to end child labour in agriculture’.
Emergency Trust Fund for Africa: almost €100 million to support the most vulnerable in the Horn of Africa
The European Commission has adopted today seven new programmes and additional funds for two existing projects, worth €99.5 million. They will support ongoing efforts to help the most vulnerable people in the Horn of Africa.
Director General Stefano Manservisi in Cuba to discuss boosting cooperation and taking the sustainable development agenda forward
The Commission’s Director-General for International Cooperation and Development, Stefano Manservisi, arrives in Cuba today to co-chair the first EU-Cuba Sustainable Development Dialogue.
Crops impacted by cyclones and drought in Southern Africa, drought intensifies in East Africa
According to the April edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment, which comes at harvest time, the crop production outlook in Southern Africa is strongly impacted by a combination of prolonged drought and two cyclones in less than six weeks.
New international guidelines for food security and malnutrition analysis
For the first time, the IPC Technical Manual includes a complete range of classification scales: Acute Food Insecurity, Chronic Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition. Each scale informs specific types of action needed, thus providing decision-makers with invaluable information for the strategic design of actions to address food insecurity and malnutrition.
3rd round of talks in Chad: A new partnership with Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Post-Cotonou negotiations: Commissioner Mimica opens the 3rd round of talks in Chad.
Southern Africa’s crop production threatened by Cyclone Idai and prolonged drought, while planting is delayed by rainfall deficits across East Africa
According to the March edition of the JRC's Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment, the main concerns for crop and rangeland production are currently in Southern Africa due to both drought and storm impact, while early-season drought is delaying planting in East Africa’s bi-modal areas.
GMES & Africa Workshops for Service Design at the JRC
The third workshop for the definition of land monitoring services in the framework of the GMES & Africa project was held at the JRC from 18 to 29 March 2019, with the participation of 13 experts from Africa.
The number of people affected by food crises remains at alarming levels
More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018, according to a new report published today in Brussels.
Global Report on Food Crises: acute hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide
A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017.
High-level event: Food and agriculture in times of crisis
We are living in unprecedented times, where war, climate change, water scarcity and social inequality have brought hunger to the headlines, reversing the trend of recent years. Protracted and recurrent food crises that mostly affect people living in rural communities are becoming the new norm. We need to revert this trend!