Somalia
Acute food insecurity is projected to persist in Somalia in 2024, with millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance. Historic drought, floods, high food prices, protracted conflict and life‑threatening water and food shortages have deteriorated the food security, nutrition and livelihoods of millions of people. The impacts of these combined shocks have driven people to the brink of famine, which has so far been averted.
However, without urgently scaling up humanitarian assistance, the lives of people bearing the burden of the global climate emergency will continue to hang in a frail balance. FAO is providing cash+ and other vital emergency livelihood support to increase people’s access to food and water, ensure livestock health and help address other immediate needs, facilitating a pathway to resilience and long‑term recovery.
Highlights
News
Joint Press Conference at conclusion of visit to Somalia by OCHA and FAO Deputy Heads
11/03/2024
Senior UN officials met people on the frontlines of the climate crisis as well as government officials, donor partners, and aid workers to scale...
Key documents
Contribution from the Government of Sweden to FAO: Annual report 2023
09/2024
In 2023, the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), contributed SEK 120 million (USD 13.08 million) to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Somalia: Project Highlights - OSRO/SOM/019/UK
08/2024
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contributed USD 3 750 000 (GBP 3 million) to the FAO project, "FAO’s El Niño preparedness, mitigation and response programme", which was implemented from 21 August 2023 to 31 March 2024.
Global: Project Highlights - GCP/GLO/997/NET
08/2024
The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands contributed USD 28 million to the FAO project, "Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme (FNS-REPRO): Building food system resilience in protracted crises", which was implemented from 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2023.
Multimedia
Video
Safeguarding Food and Nutrition Security During Disaster
18/09/2023
In Sool and Sanaag regions, seasonal rains have been erratic for three years, affecting crop and fodder production.
Photo collection
Somalia: Revitalizing agri-food systems for smallholder farmers
04/04/2023
he Resilient, Inclusive and Competitive Agriculture Value Chain Development in the southern and central regions of Somalia (OUTREACH II) project combines...
Video
Strengthening agrifood systems in rural Somalia
02/05/2023
Thanks to FAO and with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), food producing communities in Jowhar District have...