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FAO in Somalia
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Somalia has over 400 staff and six offices across Somalia along with a support office in Nairobi, Kenya. The country portfolio includes 76 different projects countrywide. Through its programmes, the organization works towards a transformation of agri-food systems in Somalia in alignment with FAO’s global Strategic Framework centered around the four ‘Betters’ – Better Life, Better Production, Better Nutrition and Better Environment. Read more
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Water access provides new lease of life for veteran pastoralist and farmer
16/04/2026
Sargoon Ali, 70, has spent a lifetime attuned to the rhythms of life in the Somali countryside where survival all too often depends on access to...
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Borama: father-of-eleven transforms his life by turning to fodder production
16/04/2026
In Sogsogley, Borama, 55-year-old Mohamed Elmi has transformed his livelihood over the past three years. A father of 11 supporting a household of...
Farewell to Ezana Kassa after seven defining years in Somalia
04/04/2026
FAO in Somalia recently said farewell to Senior Programme Officer and de facto Deputy Representative Ezana Kassa, who has left us after seven years...
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Trapped Between the Twin Disasters of Flood and Drought
22/03/2026
Faduma Macaan Cali, 72, was born near the town of Jowhar in Somalia's Hirshabelle state. Like so many other Somalis in rural parts of the country,...
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate pioneering Somali women who inspire us all
07/03/2026
For Fadumo, International Women's Day highlights the vital contribution of women in Somalia’s economic development. The day recognises the struggle...
Sweden Approves Lifesaving New Anticipatory and Early Action Project to Protect Drought-Affected Communities in Somalia
02/03/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Somalia has welcomed a lifesaving SEK 20 million (USD 2.17 million) contribution...
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Somalia’s humanitarian crisis worsening with 6.5 million people facing high levels of hunger, Federal Government and United Nations warn
25/02/2026
Nearly 6.5 million Somalis face high levels of hunger, and more than 1.8 million children face acute malnutrition due to worsening drought, the...
FAO commissioned aircraft defies the dangers to take vitally needed photos of vulnerable Somalia area
19/02/2026
Captain James Kariuki and Senior Operator Leonard Mutungi have taken more than 23,000 aerial photos over a 3,000 square kilometre in the Shabelle...
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Publications
A mitigation, preparedness and response plan 2024
25/09/2024
The Plan seeks to complement the Somalia Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) 2024, with a set of targeted, evidence-based, preventive and scale-up...
Qaabdhismeedka Maamulka Deegaanka iyo Bulshada
19/09/2024
Qaab-dhismeedka Maareynta Deegaanka iyo Bulshada (ESMF) ee Dowladda Somalia waxaa loo adeegsan doonaa dhammaan hawlaha la maalgelinayo ee ka socda Sanduuqa...
Annex 6 Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)
17/09/2024
The objective of the project in Somalia is to strengthen the resilience of rural communities and ecosystems to climate change and to support the transition...
Effects, policy responses, and long-term implications
27/05/2024
Somalia is highly vulnerable to shocks due to its fragile political and environmental circumstances. This vulnerability is aggravated by structural...
Country Gender Assessment - Africa
25/04/2023
Gaps between policy and implementation, and limited availability of sex disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators to inform sound policies...
January–June 2022
12/07/2022
The Horn of Africa is facing the third severe La Niña‑induced drought episode in a decade, and the region is on the verge of a catastrophe if humanitarian...
Overcoming COVID-19 restrictions through adaptive measures that facilitate access to agricultural and nutrition knowledge
05/05/2022
This promising practice fact sheet documents a new distance learning initiative in Somalia through radio launched in 2020 by FAO as a response to public...
Conflict and protracted crises learning brief
15/04/2022
This learning brief documents learning around promising programme approaches that can support decision-making and resource allocation processes towards...
Report of the multidisciplinary context and fodder value chain analysis in Sool and Sanaag (Somaliland)
13/02/2022
The Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme (FNS-REPRO) is the first programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Results and recommendations, January 2022
17/01/2022
This Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) brief shares the results of a field assessment conducted between 23 July and 17 August 2021 in...
Flickr Albums
Somalia | Reducing Flood Risks in Beletweyne district
12/04/2022
The farm of Hassan Nor Osman, 54 years old, in Hoodley village, Beletweyne, Somalia, 13 April 2022. He says, "I am a farmer from Hodley village -- an...
Somalia | Helping rural communities cope with drought
13/03/2023
Livestock grazing in Farmala village in Saraar region, Somaliland on 14 March 2023. Thanks to the Government of the Netherlands, FAO supports rural...
Somalia | A new emergency vessel will save lives and support fisheries in Somalia
29/03/2023
Captain Andy gives training on how to navigate the vessel distributed by FAO in Kismayo Port, Jubaland, Somalia, on 30 March 2023.
Somalia | Improving water management for rural communities
24/02/2023
An excavator digs in preparation for pipe installation in Iskushuban, Somalia.
Promoting inclusive action in peacebuilding
15/12/2022
Ibrahim Mohamed, team leader, poses for a photograph in Buufow, Marka, Lower Shabelle, Somalia, on 16 December 2022. In partnership with the International...
Somalia | Supporting Vulnerable Families with Cash to Cushion them from the Impact of Drought
13/12/2022
FAO staff member, Mohamed Ahmed Garow, inspects the contour bunds in Salaxley, Puntland, Somalia on 14 December 2022. FAO and government of Germany...
Somalia | Constructing climate-smart water harvesting systems for rural communities
21/12/2022
A construction worker measures the wall in Faaqato, Abudwaq, Galmudug, Somalia on 22 December 2022. FAO supports vulnerable communities in Somalia to...
Somalia | FAO’s cash transfers - a lifeline for drought-affected families
22/11/2022
Fadumo Sha'ban, mother of 12 children, talks with her friend inside her home in Howday, Luuq, Jubaland, Somalia on 23 November 2022. With support from...
Somaliland | Building food-system resilience in protracted crises (FNS-REPRO)
06/09/2022
Fodder processing machinery is put into storage in the Sool region of Somaliland, on 7 September 2022. FAO helps rural communities build resilient livelihoods...
Somaliland | Strengthening livelihoods and resilience in Somaliland
11/09/2022
Zeyneb, a FAO beneficiary, shows off some of her harvest in Ceelsame village, Somaliland on 12 September 2022. FAO supports several agricultural and...
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