FAO in Somalia

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19 March 2014
Dubai, UAE EU Funded initiative hailed for efforts to link Somali businesses to Middle East markets Countries and companies in the Gulf region have been urged to invest in the Horn of Africa nation and contribute to its economic recovery. Several dignitaries speaking at the opening of the Somali Producers' Conference & Exhibition...
06 March 2014
Mogadishu EU, Austria and UN Food Agencies Are Backing Landmark Initiative For the first time, Somali farmers are turning themselves into suppliers of high-quality food assistance for their fellow Somali people. A new initiative backed by the European Union, the government of Austria and two United Nations food security agencies has helped...
04 February 2014
Nairobi/Washington Successive seasons of near to above average rainfall in most parts of Somalia, low food prices and continued humanitarian response have brought down the number of people requiring urgent, lifesaving humanitarian assistance from its peak of 4 million during the 2011 famine. However, the latest assessment findings indicate that the...
10 January 2014
NAIROBI Somali's working to rebuild their country's reproductive sectors will for the first time showcase Somalia's potential in a bid to attract foreign investment and spur an economic recovery. Once one of Africa's powerhouses, leading in fruit and livestock exports, Somalia has suffered over two decades of war disease and hunger consequently...
16 December 2013
Mogadishu Farmers brace for bigger markets in EU funded initiative With Somalia’s cooperatives farming, food marketing and distribution networks disrupted over the last 22 years, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has partnered with the World Food Program (WFP) to reactivate the local food economy dominated by imports. Agricultural communities especially in...