Videos

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.

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.

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.

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.