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27 April 2023
- Mogadishu The initiative offers nutrition, climate-smart production techniques and income diversification to 54,000 people The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a flagship project to support Somalia's resilience and climate adaptation agenda. The project, “Reducing Communities' Vulnerability to Drought...
- Mogadishu The initiative offers nutrition, climate-smart production techniques and income diversification to 54,000 people The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have launched a flagship project to support Somalia's resilience and climate adaptation agenda. The project, “Reducing Communities' Vulnerability to Drought...
20 March 2023
FAO rehabilitates canals to help farmers in South Central Somalia overcome water shortages Idris Omar is a farmer from Banaaney village in Jowhar district, Somalia. For many years the 52-year-old father of six has been irrigating his farm using water pumps, which he says had been expensive to maintain and often...
FAO rehabilitates canals to help farmers in South Central Somalia overcome water shortages Idris Omar is a farmer from Banaaney village in Jowhar district, Somalia. For many years the 52-year-old father of six has been irrigating his farm using water pumps, which he says had been expensive to maintain and often...
14 March 2023
With multiple crises of droughts, locusts and the global COVID19 Pandemic, rural communities in Somaliland have faced unrelenting challenges to their food security in recent years. In light of these challenges, a long-term approach to improving the resilience of rural communities is needed to break the recurrent cycle of emergencies...
With multiple crises of droughts, locusts and the global COVID19 Pandemic, rural communities in Somaliland have faced unrelenting challenges to their food security in recent years. In light of these challenges, a long-term approach to improving the resilience of rural communities is needed to break the recurrent cycle of emergencies...
13 March 2023
The livestock sector in Somaliland, while a major contributor to food security and the economy, is particularly vulnerable to the challenges brought about by climate change. Rural agropastoralists like Asha from Waadaamago in Sool Region still rely heavily on traditional methods of food production that have been unable to cope...
The livestock sector in Somaliland, while a major contributor to food security and the economy, is particularly vulnerable to the challenges brought about by climate change. Rural agropastoralists like Asha from Waadaamago in Sool Region still rely heavily on traditional methods of food production that have been unable to cope...
08 March 2023
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...
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...