FAO in Somalia

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20 March 2024
  Mogadishu Somalia – March 5 & 9, 2024 -  The Somalia Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation  in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), , officially launched the Hand-in-Hand initiative in Mogadishu. The official multi-stakeholder inception workshop was held on 5 March 2024, followed by a...
14 March 2024
Amid raging water levels that threatened to submerge his home, and sweep away his family and belongings, Abdullahi Ahmed Wasuge, from Beledweyne, was fast running out of options. He knew that although his area faces recurrent floods, this one was like no other! In most cases, the barrage of floods...
07 February 2024
Mogadishu - On Monday, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Government of Somalia signed the third addendum of the contract between the Ministry of Finance and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This contract addendum is for another three sub-projects under the Somalia Crisis Recovery...
15 January 2024
Somalia continues to face more frequent climate related crises like droughts and floods linked to climate change, leaving a large part of its population vulnerable. Communities struggle to grow food sustainably, relying on limited livelihoods.  Predictably, these livelihoods are often vulnerable to these disasters.  This leads to severe food shortages...
08 December 2023
Mogadishu - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the British Embassy in Mogadishu on 7 December signed the Restoring the Riverine Eco-Systems for Climate Adaptations (RESTORE) project to be implemented by FAO, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), World Vision International-Somalia in...