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Food insecurity in Sri Lanka likely to worsen amid poor agricultural production, price spikes and ongoing economic crisis, FAO and WFP warn Nearly 30 percent of the population are experiencing acute food insecurity, and will likely deteriorate…

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, (9 September 2022) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed a $200 million emergency assistance loan and a $3 million grant from the Japan Fund for…

Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov While in Sri Lanka today, Administrator Samantha Power announced an additional $40 million in development assistance to help farmers purchase fertilizer and other vital agricultural inputs. This assistance will support Sri Lankans as…

Sri Lanka: Authorities’ crackdown on protest rights must end The Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely clamped down on protests and demonized protesters during a period of economic crisis and hardship in the country, Amnesty International said in…

This blog is based on a literature review and interviews conducted with humanitarian actors in July and August 2022 for the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub with funding from FCDO, as part of an ongoing programme of…

Context Sri Lanka is witnessing an unprecedented financial and economic crisis, and the situation is exacerbated by political and social turmoil. The multidimensional crisis is rapidly reversing hard-won agricultural development gains, disrupting livelihoods and threatening the food…

Sri Lanka at critical juncture: UN report urges progress on accountability, institutional and security sector reforms GENEVA (6 Sept 2022) – Sri Lanka’s new Government should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation,…

The Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA WG) issues this alert to highlight the gender-specific impacts of the current political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka. As crises impact women, men, boys and girls differently,…

In Numbers 3.4 million people are being prioritized to receive assistance from WFP in 2022 6.3 million people estimated to be food insecure (according to preliminary findings of the Crop and Food Security Assessment) 31,724 people reached by WFP…

This report is produced by the OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) on behalf of the ISCG. The updates below cover activities carried out between 13 August 2022 and 26 August and provide…