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GIEWS Special Alert No. 341 - Somalia

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title GIEWS Updates

Series number No. 341

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Severe dryness during the whole month of October in the main cereal-producing areas negatively impacted the establishment and development of “deyr” crops, expected to be harvested in January 2018. The dismal performance of the rainy season has exacerbated water and pasture shortages in pastoral areas, already affected by three consecutive poor rainy seasons. With an already dire food security situation, a continued and effective provision of livelihood support and food assistance is needed to prevent famine outcomes.

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