FAO in Somalia

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02 September 2014
Nairobi Number of people in crisis jumps by 20 percent, the highest in three years The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called on all actors in and outside Somalia to respond to clear indications of a worsening food crisis by acting now to save lives in the...
11 August 2014
Mogadishu-Victoria Mahé FAO and partners support new member of the IOTC  Somalia has become the latest nation to join the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), an intergovernmental fisheries management body mandated to manage the tuna and tuna like species of the Indian Ocean and its associated impacted ecosystem.The Horn of Africa nation,...
07 August 2014
Nairobi  Emergency unfolding among Mogadishu IDPs Somalia’s food security crisis is expected to worsen over the next several months following poor performance of the major rainy season (Gu), shrinking humanitarian assistance and access, increasing malnutrition, conflict and surging food prices, analysts have warned. A severe water shortage is also expected in the...
28 June 2014
Dollow, Somalia Joint UN resilience programme kicks in Three United Nations emergency directors have called for more sustained funding for Somalia nearly three year after the worst famine hit the Horn of Africa nation. The emergency heads include Dominique Burgeon of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), David Kaatrud...
26 June 2014
Mogadishu Dominique Burgeon, FAO’s Director, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) has today toured the agency’s new home in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. FAO’s Head of Office a.i. in Somalia, Rudi van Aaken, said the expanded offices, soon to me opened in Mogadishu, will be the food and agriculture agency’s largest operational base...