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Impact of the 2016/17 drought on Somali livestock keepers
Nomadic pastoralism and agropastoralism are the prevailing livestock production systems in Somalia, with a minimal proportion of livestock raised in (peri-)urban stall-feeding operations, amplifying the vulnerability of these traditional livelihoods to the recurring challenges posed by drought. The primary objective of this paper is to present a quantitative assessment of...
Somalia
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Documento/nota de orientación
Importance of investing in agriculture in emergency contexts
Context At the end of 2022, nearly 1 million people faced starvation – almost double the numbers of 2021. Across the world, 222 million people are experiencing high acute food insecurity, almost one in five of whom are struggling to access enough food to survive the day.
Food security outlook The...
Afghanistan - Ethiopia - Haiti - Somalia - Yemen
2023 - FAO
Vídeo
Investing in climate resilient communities for a food secure future in Somalia
Through the Swedish-funded Supporting Resilient Smallholder Farming systems in Somalia project, FAO is working to enhance food and nutrition security and smallholder income, therefore improving the resilience of communities to threats and crises in Hirshabelle and Southwest states. Within the rainfed and riverine areas, the project is supporting 24 farming...
Somalia
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Estudio de caso
Gaming for Peace in Somalia
Young women and men are embracing technology to promote peace
A short yet perilous seven-kilometre road connects the towns of Buufow and Shalanbood in southern Somalia. The once prosperous agricultural area that produced fruits and vegetables for the region has experienced decades of conflict and destabilization. Just like most parts of the country, the region is severely affected by the...
Somalia
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo de blog
Famine in Somalia projected, lives of millions of people are at immediate risk, UN says
FAO calls for immediate, scaled-up assistance to devastated rural communities to avert catastrophe
A new food security and nutrition analysis reveals that famine is unfolding in parts of Somalia, while staggering levels of suffering can be seen across the country. In response, the heads of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), the longest-standing and highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the United Nations system, issued a statement today calling...
Somalia
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Estudio de caso
How Somalia used biopesticides to win against desert locusts
Helping to bring in a new era of locust control based on natural remedies
The first wave of desert locust swarms hit Somalia in 2019. Carpets of hopper bands and clouds of locust swarms resembling those of a storm started appearing throughout the country. As the locusts descended on any vegetation they could find, crops succumbed to their appetite; fields became barren with nothing...
Somalia
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Hoja informativa
Distance learning via radio for rural communities in Somalia
Somalia has experienced years of conflict and fragility resulting in chronic poverty and vulnerability, displacement, poor economic capacity and food and nutrition insecurity. Half of Somalia’s population lives in rural areas, and agriculture – i.e. crops, livestock and fisheries – is the main source of economic activity, employment and exports....
Somalia
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Estudio de caso
First floods, then desert locusts
Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats
In December 2019, Cyclone Pawan hit Ali Mahamud Rubaax’s village of Dharkeynley in Beletweyne, central Somalia. The storm’s rain caused the river levels to reach their maximum, breaking their banks and overflowing into the village and surrounding areas leaving most of the town under water. About 182 000 people from this district...
Somalia
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Rebuilding Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Somalia (Overview)
Somalia Country Economic Memorandum Volume 1
Somalia faces major economic obstacles to economic development characterized by weak institutions, insecurity, a persistent insurgency, dilapidated infrastructure, environmental degradation, and climate change. Yet it is clear that agriculture is and will remain central to Somalia’s economic development.
This Overview report – a summary of the main report – provides the...
Somalia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Hoja informativa
Sun-dried fish production to build resilient coastal communities in Somalia
In May 2017, following decades of civil war and political upheaval, coupled with persistent and worsening drought effects, nearly half of the Somali population (6.7 million people) faced acute food insecurity. With one of the least-developed fisheries sectors – averaging one per cent of the county’s annual gross domestic product...
Somalia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Documento/nota de orientación
The FAO Blue Growth Initiative
Strategy for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Eastern Africa
As part of FAO’s Blue Growth Initiative (BGI) the FAO Member Countries of the Eastern Africa Sub-Region met to agree on a strategy for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture within the Blue Growth Initiative in Eastern Africa (BGI Strategy). The BGI is an FAO flagship initiative that aims at...
Burundi - Ethiopia - Kenya - Rwanda - Somalia - South Sudan - Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Hoja informativa
Enabling land management, resilient pastoral livelihoods and poverty reduction in Africa
Historically, pastoralists have been marginalized, and policies have been geared towards encouraging, and in some instances forcing, their settlement and sedentarization. Misunderstanding of their livelihoods has also led to abandonment of their customary institutions and practices. However, scientific evidence shows that mobile pastoralism is the most sustainable way of using...
Algeria - Chad - Eritrea - Kenya - Mali - Somalia - Sudan - United Republic of Tanzania
2017 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Documento técnico
Horn of Africa cross-border Drought Action Plan 2017
Required response to safeguard livestock-based livelihoods in cross-border areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda
Droughts in the Horn of Africa have been increasing in severity and frequency, and aggravated by desertification, land degradation and climate change. With multiple consecutive years of poor rains, dry spells and drought, including the El Niño-induced drought in 2015/16, there has been little to no recovery among affected households...
Kenya - Somalia - South Sudan - Uganda
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Water and fodder availability along livestock trade routes in the Horn of Africa
A baseline report
This report consolidates findings from previous activities by FAO and other stakeholders, and identifies in the four focus countries (Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti & Somalia): - the location and direction of the main livestock trade routes, - appropriate sites for rehabilitation & development of strategic livestock water sources, - good practices...
Djibouti - Ethiopia - Somalia - Sudan
2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Hoja informativa
Building resilience in Africa’s drylands
Populations in Africa are increasingly exposed to the negative impact of natural and human-induced disasters such as drought, floods, disease epidemics and conflicts which threaten the agriculture production systems and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. The initiative on “Building Resilience in Africa’s Drylands” was developed to enhance the capacity of these...
Burkina Faso - Chad - Ethiopia - Kenya - Madagascar - Mali - Niger - Senegal - Somalia - South Sudan - Uganda - Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Boletín informativo
Regional Office for Africa Quarterly Newsletter for a Hunger-Free Africa: May - August 2016
This Edition of RAF Newsletter captures the key projects and success stories of FAO across the subregion of Africa. It also present to readers news highlights and titbits of FAO activities in focus.
Central African Republic - Djibouti - Eritrea - Ghana - Sierra Leone - Somalia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Hoja informativa
Cash and voucher programmes
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) cash and voucher programmes benefit smallholder farmers who are particularly vulnerable to natural hazards, market volatility, conflicts and protracted crises. Cash and vouchers play a critical role in response to crises or shocks when farmers and pastoralists no longer have...
Cambodia - Somalia - Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
FAO-IGAD renew Drought Resilience Partnership Programme
FAO Sub-Regional Office for East Africa and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have signed a partnership agreement to coordinate cross-border efforts on animal health, trade and natural resources management coordination. The programme will address community engagement on policy and investment as well as cross cutting areas of work such...
Burundi - Central African Republic - Djibouti - Ethiopia - Kenya - Rwanda - Somalia - South Sudan - Sudan - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2015–2016 El Niño
Early action and response for agriculture, food security and nutrition
El Niño is the warming of sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific, which occurs roughly every 2 to 7 years, lasting from 6 to 24 months. While the main threat to food production is reduced rainfall and drought in some regions, El Niño can also cause heavy rains and...
El Salvador - Ethiopia - Haiti - Honduras - Indonesia - Lesotho - Malawi - Mongolia - Mozambique - Nicaragua - Papua New Guinea - Philippines - Somalia - South Africa - Timor-Leste - Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vídeo
By purchasing maize from Somali farmers, WFP links them to markets and Boosts Sustainability
Somalia’s agricultural sector has been undermined by years of conflict and climatic shocks, but WFP and its partners are helping farmers rebuild the sector and reconnect with markets. In partnership with FAO and the Somali Ministry of Agriculture, and with long-term support from the European Union (EU), WFP is working...
Somalia
2016 - World Food Programme (WFP)
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