Food Security Cluster

HARGEISA — Farmers in Sanaag province on Monday received a generous donation of water pumps and farming equipment from the ministry of agriculture development. The minister of agriculture, Mr. Ahmed Mumin Seed is currently on a working visit to Erigavo, Sanaag’s regional capital. The farmers were given 60 water pumps …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said they have stepped up the fight against desert locusts. The FAO warned on Friday that large populations of desert locusts in Somalia have moved toward southern parts of the country while widespread hatching and hopper …

MOGADISHU —  Somalia is known globally as the largest exporter of live animals most of them heading to the Middle East markets but little is known about the country’s production of sesame seeds. The Horn of Africa nation is the eighth largest exporter of sesame seeds despite limited production owing …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday it has intensified efforts to contain the spread of the desert locusts in Somalia that pose a huge threat to food security. In its desert locust situation update, FAO said an increasing number of hopper bands are forming in central …

ROMA — People in four food insecurity “hotspots” inside Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen, need help urgently to avoid sliding into famine, UN humanitarians said on Friday. “We are concerned that they may be facing an elevated risk of famine if the situation would further deteriorate over the …

MOGADISHU — Turkey’s state development aid agency has donated 300 beehives to help boost the livelihoods of farmers in Somaliland, an area of the Horn of Africa country Somalia. In a statement, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) noted that farmers in Hawd, Somaliland were trained on modern bee-keeping techniques …

WARSHEIKH — Locust swarms have invaded War-Sheikh district and surrounding areas in the Middle Shabelle region, residents told Radio Dalsan. The swarms have also invaded farmlands in Bakaaroole, Shiiqyaale, Ruunsheegow, and the neighboring regions and were spreading fast. Locals said it was the first time the locusts arrived in the …

NAIROBI — Somalia’s economic growth is forecast to contract significantly due to the negative impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus), locust infestation, and extreme flooding. The economy is projected to contract by 1.5 percent in 2020, down from an earlier estimate of 3.2 percent before the pandemic. The latest World Bank Somalia …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has issued an alert on the fresh desert locust invasions in Somalia that pose a huge threat to food security. In its desert locust situation update, FAO said more swarms will in the next days or weeks be …

KAMPALA — Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled and First Lady Zaynab Moalim attended the opening of Ugandan Sugar Factory by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Dr. Amina Hirsi Mooge, a Somali woman, has made various investments in Uganda and other neighboring countries. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said the plant …