Resource type:
Initiatives
The article summarizes FAO’s emergency and resilience interventions across the Near East and North Africa in 2021, amid escalating food insecurity driven by conflict, climate change, and economic shocks. It outlines major activities such as cash assistance, agricultural support, desert locust control, and community peacebuilding initiatives in countries like Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. The report stresses the importance of integrating disaster risk reduction into agricultural policies and fostering regional collaboration to enhance resilience against natural and man-made crises threatening food security in the region.