Food Security Cluster

JOWHAR (SOHA) – New chaff-cutting machines are helping farmers in southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region to use locally available resources to prepare animal fodder to keep their animals fed in the dry season. Sixty machines, provided by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), were distributed in 47 villages in the …

 DADAAB (SOHA) – A small scale farming initiative supported by a local NGO in Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya is gradually improving the lives of refugees by developing a sustainable source of basic food and income. A group of 82 families in the refugee camp has ventured into farming …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – The Norwegian Refugee Council NRC has warned that lack of rain has worsened the drought situation in parts of Somaliland leaving 725,000 people at risk of hunger and in urgent need of aid. “The time to act is now, or the costs will increase, both in economic …

HARGEISA (SOHA) – A new flour milling plant in Somaliland is providing a reliable source of income for farmers to sell their grain, as well as affordable flour for the consumer market. The plant, set up by investors in Somaliland, sources raw grain from farmers and mills maize, millet, and …

BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) distributed urgently today 1000 food baskets to the people affected from floods in Beledweyne Town, in central Hiraan Region of Republic of Somalia. The 74 tons will benefit 36,000 individuals in need. The aid comes within the framework of …

BURGABO (SOHA) – Thousands of people in Burgabo town in Somalia’s Lower Jubba region are facing extreme water shortage due to prevailing drought and poor rains. The coastal town, which lies 7o km south of Kismayo, has received little rain during the last Deyr season, leaving dams that serve the …

JOWHAR (SOHA) – Over 4,500 families displaced by ongoing fighting between Al-Shabaab and local militias in southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region are facing food and water shortages in Adalle district. Regional officials say that the families have been arriving in villages on the outskirts of Adalle town for the last …

GURIEL (SOHA) – Somali pastoralists in drought-hit central Somalia are resorting to leaves and tree bark as fodder to keep their animals alive, as the skies still show no sign of rain. Seventy-year-old Elmi Ali Dahir, who lives in a remote area some 30km southeast of Guriel town in Galgadud …

BURAO (SOHA) –  Close to 150 drought-displaced families in Burao town in northern Somalia’s Togdheer region are facing hunger and lack access to basic services. Local officials said the pastoralist families uprooted from their homes are now camping in Dudub-dilo village, 180km east of Burao town. Mohamed Ahmed Hassan, Dudub-dilo …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Somali farmers and exporters have started selling local agricultural produce to a new market in Turkey, with the first exports of lemons and sesame recently shipped from Mogadishu. Bashiir Abdirabbi Hassan heads a Somali company that has started exporting lemons. He says the new trade route with …