FAO in Somalia

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14 March 2024
Amid raging water levels that threatened to submerge his home, and sweep away his family and belongings, Abdullahi Ahmed Wasuge, from Beledweyne, was fast running out of options. He knew that although his area faces recurrent floods, this one was like no other! In most cases, the barrage of floods...
07 February 2024
Mogadishu - On Monday, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Government of Somalia signed the third addendum of the contract between the Ministry of Finance and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This contract addendum is for another three sub-projects under the Somalia Crisis Recovery...
15 January 2024
Somalia continues to face more frequent climate related crises like droughts and floods linked to climate change, leaving a large part of its population vulnerable. Communities struggle to grow food sustainably, relying on limited livelihoods.  Predictably, these livelihoods are often vulnerable to these disasters.  This leads to severe food shortages...
08 December 2023
Mogadishu - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the British Embassy in Mogadishu on 7 December signed the Restoring the Riverine Eco-Systems for Climate Adaptations (RESTORE) project to be implemented by FAO, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), World Vision International-Somalia in...
07 December 2023
Mogadishu - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Government of Norway, held a signing event in Mogadishu to mark the launch of a new food security project designed to protect livelihoods and boost recovery from floods and drought for an estimated 36,000...