Food Security Cluster

Two graduates from Jazeera University in Mogadishu have initiated a new method of growing animal fodder to help pastoralists in central Somalia to manage their livestock during periods of drought. The method known as hydroponics is a way of growing crops in water rather than in soil. Hydroponics farming is a …

JOWHAR (SOHA) – A group of young farmers in Jowhar district of Middle Shabelle region is trying to revive the homegrown variety of rice, which had almost fallen out of production in Somalia. Severe drought and water shortages in the last three years, and flooding prior to that, had forced …

GAROWE (SOHA) – Severe soil erosion in Balley Valley, on the outskirts of Garowe town in Somalia’s Puntland region, is threatening the livelihoods of livestock farmers as their herds of livestock lack pasture and water. The farmers are blaming unregulated quarrying for rocks in the area. Ahmedweli Hirsi Gelle has …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – The Federal Government of Somalia and aid agencies operating in the country have today launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and called on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to sustain aid operations in Somalia in 2019. The response plan seeks $1.08 billion to provide life-saving …

BULOBURDE(SOHA) – A daily telecommunications shutdown for security purposes in Buloburde, in Somalia’s central region of Hiran, is causing disruption to local residents and traders huge, who have become reliant on the use of mobile money for normal business transactions. Since November, the telecommunications network provided by Hormuud has been …

BARI REGION(SOHA) – With the onset of the dry season (‘jilaal’) expected to last through March, 1,500 pastoralist families in Balididin in Somalia’s northern Bari region are feeling more confident about the availability of adequate water supplies this year to avoid the usual fighting over resources. Hirad Mohamed Ismail, a …

HAGADERA(SOHA) – Somali refugee women in Kenya are putting their traditional cooking skills to good use running local restaurants that earn them a good living and provide a local service. Ladan Abdi Khalif, a mother of three, is among several women who have started small businesses cooking and selling traditional …

KISMAYO(SOHA) – Somali fishermen in the southern port town of Kismayo are celebrating the gains from the recent opening up of a new market for their fishing in Kenya, ending years of reliance on the limited local market. Kah Commercial Fishing Company earlier this year was the first Somali firm …

SOOL(SOHA) – Six years after she fled her home, Sainab Mohamed has returned to rebuild her life and business in a conflict-torn part of northern Somalia’s Sool region, following a successfully negotiated peace settlement to end the hostilities between two neighbouring clans in Taleh. The mother of four has reopened …

MOGADISHU(SOHA) – Conflict, drought and floods have pushed a record number of Somalis into Mogadishu, making it Africa’s most crowded city, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said on Tuesday. With more than 340,000 people forced to flee their homes in the first half of 2018, the year is likely to …