Emergency drought rapid response to safeguard lives and livelihoods
04/06/2026
Somalia continues to face severe and prolonged climate induced shocks, primarily droughts and floods, that have disrupted agricultural production, depleted pasture resources, and reduced water availability.
Drought Early Action and Response Protecting lives and safeguarding livelihoods
04/06/2026
Somalia is facing a worsening drought driven by consecutive poor rainy seasons, rising temperatures, and prolonged dry conditions, compounded by conflict, poverty, and reduced humanitarian funding.
Enhancing food and nutrition security for vulnerable communities
25/02/2026
FAO’s Strengthening Climate Resilience, Food Security and Nutrition in Response to Drought and Flood project aims to improve food and nutrition security for vulnerable communities through a combination of conditional and unconditional cash transfers, alongside emergency livestock support.
Anticipatory Drought Response in Baidoa District
25/02/2026
The Emergency Drought Response in Hiraan (Belet Weyne District) and Bay (Bardale/Baidoa District) is a targeted humanitarian intervention designed to address the worsening food security and livelihood crisis caused by recurrent drought, climate shocks, and economic fragility in Somalia.
Building food security and climate resilience
29/01/2026
The Climate Adaptation for Resilient Livelihoods (CadRe) Project is a three-year initiative (February 2023 – January 2026) funded by the European Union and implemented by FAO in collaboration with federal and member state governments in Somalia.
Drought response to protect livestock and livelihoods
12/01/2026
Somalia remains one of the most fragile countries in the Horn of Africa, with rural communities highly vulnerable to climate change and further strained by conflict, economic shocks and other stressors.
Greening humanitarian response in displacement settings
27/02/2025
With funding from the European Union through the European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), this multi-country project is being implemented in Djibouti, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda to promote sustainable forest and woodland management while improving livelihoods for displaced and host communities.
Learning mission | UN Joint Action for Building Resilience in Somalia Phase III
18/02/2025
The FAO Country Office in Somalia, with the support of Knowledge Management and Learning Specialist (KORE) colleagues from the Office of Emergencies and Resilience, conducted a learning mission to Dollow using participatory impact assessment tools like community mapping, matrix ranking and transect walks to document the lessons learned from the UN Joint Resilience Programme (JRP) Phase III.
UN Joint Action for Building Resilience
08/01/2025
With funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the KfW Development Bank (KfW), a joint resilience programme has been implemented in southern Somalia over multiple phases. Phase I, an integrated nutrition, health, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme, was funded from 2018–2020.
El Niño preparedness, mitigation and response programme
24/05/2024
The Badbaado project was implemented as part of FAO’s broader El Niño preparedness, mitigation and response programme between August 2023 to March 2024. With funding from the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office,...
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 | 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 families in Somaliland to improve food security and nutrition, as well as the capacity of rural households to withstand and adapt to shocks.
Somalia | Improving water management for rural communities
24/02/2023
An excavator digs in preparation for pipe installation in Iskushuban, Somalia.
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 enhance smallholder agriculture and livestock production through climate-resilient and shock-informed anticipatory action by maximizing and diversifying farmers’ production in anticipation of a drought.
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 Organization for Migration (IOM) and with the support of the United Nations Peace Building Fund, FAO is working towards reducing inter-communal tension over natural resources in Marka District.
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 work together to assist rural communities in Somalia affected by the drought, ensuring that they receive immediate cash transfers to access food and other basic needs. Project code: OSRO/GLO/115/GER
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 the Government of the United States of America, FAO is bringing lifesaving emergency assistance to drought-affected rural communities in Somalia.
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 livestock programmes in Togdheer region, Somaliland, which train farmers and pastoralists on various methods to better cope with and withstand the effects of drought in the region.
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 and food systems.
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 old man. Every year the fields used to flood, but now FAO has built a dam in our village. I am happy now and grateful to FAO."