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04 August 2016
Mogadishu, Somalia - In Somalia, up to 931,000 people remain in “crisis” and 22,000 more in “emergency”. In total 4.7 million people, 38 percent of the population, are acutely food insecure and struggling to meet their minimum daily food needs. Households belonging to this group remain highly vulnerable to major shocks,...
Mogadishu, Somalia - In Somalia, up to 931,000 people remain in “crisis” and 22,000 more in “emergency”. In total 4.7 million people, 38 percent of the population, are acutely food insecure and struggling to meet their minimum daily food needs. Households belonging to this group remain highly vulnerable to major shocks,...
14 April 2016
FAO scales up support for country's leading foreign earner. Export of live animals to Gulf nations continued to be Somalia's leading foreign exchange earner in 2015, registering steady annual growth with a 6 percent increase, according to latest data by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Nairobi/Mogadishu - In 2015, Somalia exported...
FAO scales up support for country's leading foreign earner. Export of live animals to Gulf nations continued to be Somalia's leading foreign exchange earner in 2015, registering steady annual growth with a 6 percent increase, according to latest data by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Nairobi/Mogadishu - In 2015, Somalia exported...
23 November 2015
Mombasa, Kenya 25 fish-aggregating devices (FADs) will create new fishing opportunities, boosting incomes, food security, and nutrition Somalia’s small-scale artisanal fishermen will be catching more fish in the coming years as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization moves to deploy 25 Fish-Aggregating Devices (FADs) in the East African country’s coastal waters. The...
Mombasa, Kenya 25 fish-aggregating devices (FADs) will create new fishing opportunities, boosting incomes, food security, and nutrition Somalia’s small-scale artisanal fishermen will be catching more fish in the coming years as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization moves to deploy 25 Fish-Aggregating Devices (FADs) in the East African country’s coastal waters. The...
11 September 2015
Milan, Italy Somalia National Day celebrated at Milan Expo President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia has called for more investments livestock, fisheries and agriculture sectors to pave way for a peaceful future of the Horn of Africa nation. President Hassan Sheikh was speaking at the National Day for Somalia at 2015 Milan Expo...
Milan, Italy Somalia National Day celebrated at Milan Expo President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia has called for more investments livestock, fisheries and agriculture sectors to pave way for a peaceful future of the Horn of Africa nation. President Hassan Sheikh was speaking at the National Day for Somalia at 2015 Milan Expo...
20 August 2015
Floods triggered by El Niño could affect up to 900,000 people along Somalia’s rivers Much higher than normal rains in the last third of 2015, resulting from the El Niño climate phenomenon, could reverse many of the humanitarian and development gains made in southern parts of Somalia since the Horn of Africa...
Floods triggered by El Niño could affect up to 900,000 people along Somalia’s rivers Much higher than normal rains in the last third of 2015, resulting from the El Niño climate phenomenon, could reverse many of the humanitarian and development gains made in southern parts of Somalia since the Horn of Africa...