News
16 October 2013
Somalia The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have joined forces with Somali authorities to encourage Somalis to eat more fish as a way to fight hunger in the Horn of Africa Despite Somalia’s enormous marine resources, the country’s fishing industry remains largely under-developed and its...
Somalia The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have joined forces with Somali authorities to encourage Somalis to eat more fish as a way to fight hunger in the Horn of Africa Despite Somalia’s enormous marine resources, the country’s fishing industry remains largely under-developed and its...
03 September 2013
Nairobi/Washington The number of people in crisis in Somalia is at its lowest since famine was declared in Somalia in 2011, thanks to successive seasons of average to above average rainfall, low food prices and sustained humanitarian response but acute malnutrition continues to pose a threat to hundreds of thousands...
Nairobi/Washington The number of people in crisis in Somalia is at its lowest since famine was declared in Somalia in 2011, thanks to successive seasons of average to above average rainfall, low food prices and sustained humanitarian response but acute malnutrition continues to pose a threat to hundreds of thousands...
09 July 2013
Hargeisa Three Somali enterprises formed out a UK funded programme have, for the first time, showcased what is seen as new and promising kind of investment opportunities along the livestock value chain. The 3-day event ending today, organized by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in the Somali city of Hargeisa,...
Hargeisa Three Somali enterprises formed out a UK funded programme have, for the first time, showcased what is seen as new and promising kind of investment opportunities along the livestock value chain. The 3-day event ending today, organized by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in the Somali city of Hargeisa,...
05 July 2013
Nairobi Livestockexperts meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, said more has to be done to prevent outbreaks of one of the worst livestock diseases two years after the world was declared rinderpest free. The three-day event dubbed ‘The Somali Animal Health Seminar and Rinderpest Eradication Commemoration’ brought together livestock sector stakeholders...
Nairobi Livestockexperts meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, said more has to be done to prevent outbreaks of one of the worst livestock diseases two years after the world was declared rinderpest free. The three-day event dubbed ‘The Somali Animal Health Seminar and Rinderpest Eradication Commemoration’ brought together livestock sector stakeholders...
01 July 2013
Initiative also sees first Meat Act passed The Food and Agriculture Organization and Somali authorities have launched ‘Clean Meat’ campaign, funded by the European Union to raise awareness of meat safety in a country where livestock is the economic mainstay. Each year thousands of people become ill while some die from a...
Initiative also sees first Meat Act passed The Food and Agriculture Organization and Somali authorities have launched ‘Clean Meat’ campaign, funded by the European Union to raise awareness of meat safety in a country where livestock is the economic mainstay. Each year thousands of people become ill while some die from a...