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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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Press Release
FAO warns Somalia to prepare now for potential El Niño-linked flooding later in 2026
02/06/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization in Somalia has warned that the country should brace itself for the possibility of a continued dry period until...
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Working through the drought, a mother provides for her family and supports her community
02/06/2026
Sahro Mohamed Osman, 29, pushes a heavy wheelbarrow laden with earth. For three months, she has worked six hours a day at her village’s water catchment,...
Story
School Peace Clubs in Jowhar: Youth Building Peace and Social Cohesion
02/06/2026
As Somalia continues efforts to strengthen peace, resilience, and inclusive development, investing in young people remains essential. In fragile...
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FAO Support gives a vital leg-up to struggling drought-hit farmers in Baidoa, Somalia
26/05/2026
For Abdullahi Ali Abdi Aden, farming is the only life he knows. At 45, Abdullahi supports a household of twelve in Suuskey village, near Baidoa in...
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World Bee Day (20 May), FAO-supported Baidoa beekeepers defy the stings and the drought
20/05/2026
It’s not uncommon for beekeeper Osman Hasan Mohamed – and his teenaged daughter Aisha -- to be stung as many 20 to 30 times a day as they tend to...
Press Release
UN agencies warn of worsening hunger and malnutrition crisis in Somalia as famine risk emerges
15/05/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF),...
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FAO cash assistance brings hope to drought-hit families in Somalia
13/05/2026
Every morning, Hawo Mohamed Mukhtar wakes to the same question: will her five children eat today?
Across Somalia, recurrent drought has been devastating...
FAO Somalia celebrates World Tuna Day by uniting with the government to celebrate critically important fish
02/05/2026
Tuna has the potential to play a critically important role in food security and economic development, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the...
Videos
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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