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70 coastal fishers in Somalia are setting out to strengthen the fisheries sector
08/04/2021
Recent graduates receive certificates from the project ‘Protecting, Improving and Sustaining Food Security in Rural Somalia’
UN and Government of Somalia call for urgent scaling up of emergency response as 2.65 million Somalis are projected to be in acute hunger
17/02/2021
Newest report from FSNAU-FEWS NET indicates large-scale food insecurity and malnutrition due to multiple threats
FAO welcomes €40 million from Germany to help farmers withstand shocks like COVID-19 and extreme climate events
08/02/2021
Funds will contribute to building resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Yemen
Joint communiqué on the critical desert locust situation and emergency response in Somalia
08/02/2021
Joint Communique' on the critical desert locust situation and emergency response in Somalia
Contributing to fisheries and livestock value chains for inclusive and sustainable growth in Somalia
22/01/2021
FAO launches project to enhance food security by increasing job opportunities in the fisheries and livestock sectors
Leaving no one behind: Radio initiative educates farmers; pastoralists and fisherfolk across Somalia
23/12/2020
In September 2020, FAO launched a radio training initiative airing various episodes across eight Somali radio stations.
Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats: first floods and then desert locusts
18/12/2020
“My life depends on farming. My resource is farming, and my family sustains itself with what we farm,” says Ali Mahamud Rubaax, a farmer based in Dharkeynley village, Beletweyne district, central Somalia.
Desert Locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts
16/12/2020
A new generation of desert locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.
Cyclone Gati could worsen current desert locust infestations in Somaliland
10/12/2020
Following the Horn of Africa’s strongest storm ever, resource partners visit ongoing desert locust survey and control operations in affected areas
Somalia | FAO and Somalia step up locust fight as hatching and hopper band formation continues in central area
20/11/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned today that large populations of desert locust in Somalia