Food Security Cluster

MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia has today launched the next iteration of the “Joint Resilience Programme”, which aims to improve resilience to economic and climate related shocks among households and local communities in four districts in Puntland and Galmudug states. Funded by the Government of Germany through KfW with …

MOGADISHU — A record drought wiped out nearly half of Iido Abdikarin Abdille’s herd in northern Somalia, but a livestock insurance programme is helping to ease the financial burden on pastoralists like her. Since her father’s death in 2010, the 34-year-old has taken on the responsibility of looking after her …

MOGDISHU — Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has on Sunday distributed relief aid to 1000 vulnerable families displaced by conflicts and the El-Nino induced floods in Garasbaaley area, on the outskirts of Mogadishu. SoDMA’s relief director Sahra Ali Yusuf, accompanied by MP Dahir Amin Jeesow, witnessed the distribution exercise. The …

MOGADISHU — Somalia Ministry of Planning, Investment and Economic Development (MoPIED) has on Wednesday organized a food security coordination event in Baidoa town, the interim administrative capital of South West State. The event brought together line ministers of the economic development pillar to discuss the nexus between food security, economic …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday that it’s using radio in Somalia to help farmers increase production and deal with the extreme weather conditions. FAO said its radio training, which was launched at the height of the COVID-19 crisis as a way of dealing …

BELEDWEYNE — A new, unidentified disease is wreaking havoc on livestock in the Hiran region’s Mahaas district, with reports of numerous deaths among cattle in recent days. Governor Muumin Mohamed Halane of Mahaas has revealed that the illness has adversely affected approximately 62 herding families, leading to substantial economic and …

MOGADISHU — A second shipment of 25000 tons of relief wheat from Russia has arrived at the Mogadishu port. The Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) commissioner Mahamud Moallim Abdulle while receiving the shipment said that the food aid will be distributed to people affected by draught and the El-Nino floods …

BELETWEYNE — Continuing its commitment to humanitarian relief in Hirshabelle State, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), on Tuesday distributed vital food and non-food items to vulnerable families in Beletweyne, central Somalia. More than 650 families displaced by last year’s El Nino-induced floods, benefitted from essential items including wheat …

MOGADISHU — Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) has on Saturday dispatched essential relief assistance to Jubbaland State in efforts aimed alleviating the suffering of the families in the regional State. SoDMA senior management officials sent a boat carrying the relief humanitarian supplies from Mogadishu port to the Federal Member States. …

BELEWEYNE — As part of its ongoing efforts in humanitarian aid, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on Thursday donated relief food to households in Bulobarde, Central region of Somalia, who were affected by the  recent El Nino-induced floods. The donations, which included essential items such as sugar, rice, …