Videos
A climate-smart market for Somali women vegetable vendors
08/06/2026
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Climate smart market gardens empowering women farmers in Somalia
21/04/2026
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Fodder Production and Processing Training for Agropastoralist Communities in Kismayo
10/12/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Rebuilding Resilience Through Water
09/12/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Water Infrastructure Revives Agriculture and Controls Flooding in the Middle Shabelle Basin, Somalia
08/12/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Somalia ministerial interview at the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2025
05/11/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Seeds to Food Expo
03/09/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Post Distribution Aid Diversion Awareness
03/09/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Transforming Pastoralism: Co-Creating a Resilient Future in Somalia
22/04/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Voices for change - GFFF ‘24: Etienne Philippe Peterschmitt, FAO Representative, Somalia
19/02/2025
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.
Constructing Climate-Smart Water Harvesting Systems for Rural Communities
08/06/2023
Somalia is highly vulnerable to recurrent shocks, with colliding and cumulative effects. For more than three decades, the country has been repeatedly affected by droughts, flash and riverine flooding, cyclones, locusts, disease outbreaks and conflict.
Strengthening agrifood systems in rural Somalia
02/05/2023
Thanks to FAO and with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), food producing communities in Jowhar District have improved household food security through the Building Resilience in Middle Shabelle (BRiMS) project.
Equipping communities in Somaliland with diversified livelihoods to fight food insecurity
01/03/2023
Thanks to funding from the Government of the Netherlands, FAO is carrying out a four-year Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme to strengthen food security, nutrition, livelihoods and resilience in conflict affected regions in the Horn of Africa.
Strengthening the resilience of livelihoods in Somaliland
31/01/2023
The Rome Based Agencies (RBA) Resilience Initiative is a joint project carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Nutrition-related activities are implemented by WFP, while FAO is responsible for activities related to agriculture, livestock and natural resources.
Building Resilience and Promoting Durable Solutions in Somalia
10/05/2022
As part of the ProAct programme, FAO, with the support of the European Union, implemented a project that has resulted in the rehabilitation of 24 ancillary structures (intakes, bridges, foot and vehicles canal crossings and culverts) at the Cessare Marai, Dhame Yassin, El-Shikhaal, Shalambood and Palestine.
Helping Drought-Affected People Protect Their Livelihood in Somalia
10/05/2022
Rural communities in Somalia are hit hard by the severe drought the country is facing. This is causing them irreversible losses and threatening both their lives and livelihood. With generous finding from USAID, FAO is scaling up the efforts in Beletweyne with focus on food security improvement in drought affected areas, particularly the rural areas.
Rehabilitating irrigation canals in Somalia changes the lives of drought affected farmers
09/05/2022
Farmers in Somalia are facing more frequent droughts as a result of climate change. To help them navigate this increasingly urgent problem, FAO is rehabilitating over 140 km of irrigation canals in the Lower Shabelle region in collaboration with the federal and state Ministries of Agriculture with funding from the European Union.