An FAO report says that upfront payments ahead of an expected drought significantly improves household purchasing power, food security, and crop protection. The report says that such payments have played a crucial role in offsetting the suffering caused by drought. In 2024, FAO delivered anticipatory cash transfers to 2 400 households in Somalia, triggered by early warning information from the Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM), ahead of peak drought conditions.

The entrance of the Faculty of Agriculture in Amoud University is a hive of activity on what, in Somalia, is the closest you can get to a cool winter afternoon. Students and university staff are collecting dried sorghum, threshing it, and sifting it to separate the grain from chaff, dirt, and other impurities. Nearby, others are putting the grain in marked bags, to be weighed and recorded.

New data compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows that the 2025-26 drought is intensifying rapidly and is likely to be as severe and widespread as previous major droughts of 2022, 2017 and 2011. 

Somalia, on the face of it, is not at first glance a place where the International Day of Clean Energy would resonate. For too long the country has been misrepresented by its wars, hostile climate and food insecurity. 

The government of Somalia has paid tribute to the “Indispensable work” of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the UN agency celebrates 45 years of working in the country.

“To conduct an inter-cluster/agency monitoring and drought assessment across Puntland – specifically in villages around the cities of Bosaso, Qardho and Garowe to verify the impact of the drought, population movements, service gaps and    programmatic needs so that we can inform and prioritize emergency response planning.”

 

The Government of Japan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have officially launched their partnership with the Federal Government of Somalia to modernize the fisheries sector and empower valuable coastal communities. 

The Federal Government of Somalia and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have embarked on the development and implementation of a Fisheries Information Management System (FIMS) for the country. The new system can revolutionize the fishing sector, both in terms of preserving fish stocks and strengthening government capacity to manage the fisheries' resources. 

In the remote village of Bali-Caano, located approximately 35 kilometres from Dhusamareb in Somalia's Galmudug region, Fardowsa Macalin Cabdi stirs a pot of tea as she greets her morning customers. The aroma of fresh anjero and spiced milk fills her tiny café -- a business that has become her livelihood and her pride.

Prolonged droughts and erratic rainfall throughout 2021–2022 had a devastating impact on pastoralist communities across Galmudug. In villages like Raamaale, located 32 kilometers from Dhusamareeb, families who rely on livestock for food, income, and social cohesion faced unprecedented challenges. Grazing lands dried up, water sources disappeared, and livestock the backbone of rural livelihood weakened or died. The crisis was compounded by limited access to veterinary services, rising market prices, and fragile infrastructure, leaving many households unable to cope with it.

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