Mogadishu, Somalia | Senior Government representatives, development partners and UN agencies gathered in Mogadishu today for a High-Level Resource Partner Roundtable to discuss progress, challenges and opportunities in the implementation of...

June, 2025. Jowhar, Somalia. Shukri Harare Jilicow, working on her land in Kiinto. ©FAO/Raymeg Consultants/Osman Abdille Osman Kiinto Village, Middle Shabelle: When the floods came, they took more than crops. For...

June 2025. Jowhar, Somalia. Halima Hassan Ahmed in her farm in Shamindo.village in Jowhar. ©FAO/Raymeg Consultants/Osman Abdille Osman  Jowhar District, Middle Shabelle Region, Somalia: In Jowhar, the heart of one of...

Mogadishu: The Federal Government of Somalia and United Nations agencies today warned that hunger is likely to worsen in coming months. At least 4.4 million Somalis projected to face acute food...

In the dry farmlands of Galmudug and Puntland, where rainfall is scarce, communities have faced some of the harshest effects of climate change. The 2021–2022 drought devastated lives, as consecutive...

- Mogadishu, Somalia: The project will enhance livelihoods, market access and promote sustainable fishing practices in Somalia's coastal communities. Figure 1 FAO Representative in Somalia, Mr. Etienne Peterschmitt, and Mr. Hiroshi Matsuura,...

17 July 2025, Jowhar, Somalia: Fatima Mohamud Mohamed, 24, a resident of Hantiwadag village and participant of the FAO-implemented YOU-ACT project in collaboration with IOM, leads a peacebuilding awareness session...

Figure I: Farm worker at the seed multiplication site in Baidoa on 12 February 2025. ©FAO/Arete/Mahad Saeed Dirie   On a deceptively overcast morning in the midst of Somalia's dry season, Isse...

Mogadishu, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has secured funding from the Government of Canada for a groundbreaking initiative titled, "Scaling Up Gender-Inclusive and Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in...

Mogadishu, Somalia Key stakeholders from Somalia’s federal and state governments, UN agencies, and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) gathered in Mogadishu for the inception workshop of the GCF-funded Climate Resilient Agriculture...

Gabiley, Somaliland The Somaliland Ministry of Livestock and Rural Development (MOLRD), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and with financial support and collaboration from the Swiss Agency for...

Mogadishu, Somalia - The initiative underscores the collaborative efforts to revitalize pastoral livelihoods and enhance long-term resilience for Somali pastoral communities. The Federal Government of Somalia, under the leadership of Ministry of...

The Federal Government of Somalia, in collaboration with the United Nations today launched a two-year programme aimed at strengthening food systems in Somalia. The joint programme HIT Food Systems for Somalia...

Mogadishu, Somalia – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of the Government of Somalia has launched the...

Ali Abshir Ahmed, 32, is a father of six living in Afgooye, a town in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, about 30 kilometers north of Mogadishu. He is a participant in...

Somalia faces rising risks as below-average rainfall and high temperatures threaten food security. An aerial shot of dry surrounding farmland in Salaxley, Puntland, Somalia. On 14 December 2022. FAO/Arete Mogadishu, Somalia Multi-Stakeholder Clima

Abdi Weyrah Muhumad, walks around his drought-stricken farm at Guricade village in Beletweyne, Hirshabelle state, Somalia, on 19 January 2022. FAO/ARETE/Ismail Taxta.   MOGADISHU, Somalia, New data from Somalia shows that 4.4 million...

JOSP stakeholders convene to assess JOSP progress and endorse the Programme Steering Committee (PSC) as high-level decision-making body.  Mogadishu, 19 February 2025 – The first bi-annual Programme Steering Committee (PSC) meeting...

- The agreement enables more effective programme design and planning, de-duplication, data driven targeting and referral pathways. Mogadishu - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the...

The seven-year project aims to enhance climate adaptation and resilience for vulnerable communities in Somalia.  Mogadishu - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Government...