Food Security Cluster Monthly Analysis Cluster FAO and WFP Summary of FSC Responses in October lead In October 2012, the FSC members assisted 3,602,815 people throughout with responses aimed at protecting vulnerable households and individuals from being severely food insecure. These responses are categories as either i) agencies improving household access to food, ii) investing in livelihood assets or iii) safety nets interventions. Support was provided through food and non-food inputs depending on the households and communities needs and their IPC status. Of Contact Mark Gordon - [email protected] , the total assisted 181,368 people received improved access to food. The FSC has also invested in livelihoods through the provision of seeds, vaccination and treatment of animals benefiting 2,468,610 people. Safety net programmes also Informati Francesco Baldo –[email protected] assisted 952,837 people through wet feeding, emergency school feeding, and institutional feeding. Cluster OBJ 1 - Focusing on populations in Famine, Emergency and Crisis, provide immediate household access to food and essential non-food requirements through emergency food, Objective voucher and cash responses to populations in crisis. The Deyr rainy season and pockets of extreme weather events s Strategy The last week of October saw the Deyr rains intensify with good distribution in many parts of the southern regions; by early November the rains were beginning to subside across the country. and activities Although most of the Northwest (Awdal, Togdheer, and Woqooyi Galbeed, the Sool plateau ) has remained dry, heavy downpours in parts of the Hawd in Togdheer Region caused flash floods, leading to the loss of human lives and of livestock. Some parts of Hawd and Nugal Valley of Sool Region also received heavy rains.

Meanwhile in the northeast, tropical cyclone Murjan hit Bari Region from October 24 to 26 with strong winds and heavy rainfall. The storm caused the loss of life, washed away livestock, and destroyed physical assets. In general, the rainfall performance in the pastoral areas of the north eastern regions has been fairly good and evenly distributed especially in the coastal Deeh livelihood zone, which was declared an emergency by the Government of Somaliland earlier this year. The Deyr rains replenished barkads and natural water points and supported pasture regeneration.

Priority Provision of improved access to food to population ins crisis, provision of seasona livelihood inputs to populations in crisis and stressed, and regualr and predectiable safety In the central regions of Galgadud and , most of the Hawd, Addun pastoral livelihood zones, and the cowpea-growing areas (central regions agropastoral livelihood zone) received normal to above normal rains in the last two weeks Needs nets programmes that protect vulnerable members of communities of October, thereafter reducing in the first week of November.

In the South, in the last two weeks of October, most of the regions received widely distributed, moderate to heavy rains, including the parts of region that were previously below normal. By mid-November the rains had subsided in the south, except in and . By and large, well‐distributed normal to above normal rains in the early part of the Deyr season experienced in the southern agricultural areas of Bay, Bakol, Lower and , and Lower and . This has led to improved cropping, pasture, and water conditions. FSC partners reported localised floods destroying some acreage under crops in parts of Jowhar and Balcad districts in Middle Shabelle and Kurtunwarey District in Lower Shabelle. Gaps The cluster reached a lower number of beneficiaries in June as compared to May and 50% of its planned figure for the month due to several reasons. Some of the FSC members highlighted delays in funding from donors as a cause for the delay in activities for June; while other members indicated delays in finalising new implementation Flood early warning, FSC preparedness planning for eventual response agreements with partner organisations. These factors in turn disrupted the continuity of activities in the field. However, most activities are expected to recommence in July. FEWSNET and SWALIM predicted that the 2012 Deyr would be influenced by a moderate El Nino similar to 2006. Although the rains were heavy late September and October, by mid-November the rains had subsided. Only pockets in some regions experienced flooding.

As part of the preparedness efforts of the FSC, members began weekly meetings as early as 1st October in Beletweyne, Hiraan region, and Lower and Middle Shabelles. Contingency plans were develop in readiness for any flooding eventuality. Following the breaking of the river bank on 28th September in Beletweyne, FSC were able to respond immediately to 5,200 households. In Afgoye, Lower Shabelle region, FSC partners have mobilised the local community in Challenge The principal challenge for the FSC is the access limitation in South-Central Somalia which is affecting both the ability of agencies to work inside these areas as well as limiting Mareerey village living near the Shabelle river, and provided gummy bags to reinforce parts of the river bank to mitigate against the river breaking is banks. s and the types of modalities the FSC members can implement to address the immediate food needs, provision of livelihood inputs and the investment in resilience to stregthen households and community capacities to address future shocks. Constrain Since September through to November, in preparation for the Deyr season planting season, the FSC started distributing maize, sorghum, and cowpeas seeds to 183,510 households. Of these 23,750 households were riverine farmers who ts also received vouchers worth six hours of irrigation support per household plus land preparation vouchers to increase the acreage under cultivation.

Needs Target caseloads for the FSC are derived from the seasonal FSNAU assessments based on their livelihood and IPC phase classification. Priority areas include: South Somalia Farming households in riverine areas of Middle and Lower Shabelle who were affected by September/October flash floods are expected to replant maize and cowpeas once the river subsides in December. Assessme (including Mogadishu and Kenya/Ethiopia cross-border areas) Central, IDPs in Somaliland and Puntland. nt and Supporting Somali Livestock to build up people’s livelihood Priority Livestock and its related trade support 4.2 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists across Somalia, accounting for more than half of the entire population. The main livestock species consist of camel, cattle, sheep and goats. Decimation of areas herds during the 2011 famine saw the affected population slip into crisis/ emergency or famine as they lost their main source of livelihood.

In order to ensure the livelihoods of this population is protected and promoted, the FSC members carried out a two major vaccination and treatment campaign in 2012. The first campaign targeted 491,671 households covering 19,666,847 sheep and goats to receive Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in April and May. Of these, 870,889 animals were treated and dewormed during the same vaccination campaign. The second vaccination campaign of Contagious Caprine Pleuro Pneumonia (CCPP) and treatment was carried out from August to October and reached about 6,550,244 sheep and goats benefiting 187,149 households.

Vaccination and treatment against major viral killer diseases like CCPP and PPR coupled with the good pasture regeneration and replenishing of water points in this Deyr season improved the animals’ body condition and increased sheep and goats lambing and kidding rates. This translates into more milk and tradable animals thus improving the economy and nutritional status at the household level. Across Somalia herd sizes of sheep and goats have been on a steady rise recovering from the decimating drought of 2011.

Strategic Maximum Total % % Strategic Maximum Total Total % Total % Total % Number of benef. Number of benef. indicator indicator Region People to be reached Reached / as at end Reached / Reached / Region People to be reached as at end Reached / as at end Reached / as at end Reached / 1: as at end August as at end October 2 Assisted in any 1 January to Targeted September Targeted Targeted Assisted in any 1 January to August Targeted September Targeted October Targeted Number month date Number month date of people (region not - of people (region not - targeted specified) targeted specified) through through interventi South livelihood South ons Banadir investme Banadir 334,000 509,969 153% 143% 344,835 103% - geared (Mogadishu) 477,346 nt (Mogadishu) 17,028 984 49,165 towards 90,000 35,550 40% 31,979 36% - 0% activities Bakool 82,000 168,969 206% improvin Bay 293,000 - 0% 10,062 3% 18,990 6% Bay 185,000 289,479 156% g access Gedo 96,000 74,765 78% 74,261 77% 23,088 24% Gedo 54,000 250,332 464% to food Hiraan 129,000 88,464 69% 22,464 17% 38,064 30% Hiraan 35,000 202,854 580% and L. Juba 108,000 30,000 28% 1,050 1% 10,526 10% L. Juba 27,000 129,726 480% safety L. Shabelle 335,000 - 0% 21,600 6% 34,080 10% L. Shabelle 93,000 158,724 171% nets M. Juba 74,000 5,460 7% 6,360 9% 34,374 46% M. Juba 25,000 178,158 713% M. Shabelle 130,000 9,000 7% - 0% 0% M. Shabelle 71,000 200,670 283% Sub-total 1,589,000 - 753,208 47% 645,122 41% 503,957 32% Sub-total 572,000 - 17,028 984 1,628,077 285% Central Central Galgaduud 151,000 118,901 79% 124,733 83% 127,387 84% Galgaduud 49,000 15,744 32% 14802 30% 235,368 480% Sub-total 151,000 - 118,901 79% 124,733 83% 127,387 84% Sub-total 49,000 - 15,744 32% 14,802 235,368 480% Puntland Puntland Mudug 134,000 165,791 124% 185,997 139% 172,802 129% Mudug 40,000 29,328 73% 31410 79% 251,424 629% Bari 128,000 101,968 80% 108,745 85% 93,068 73% Bari 28,000 59,844 214% 56592 202% 69,978 250% Nugaal 35,000 53,582 153% 49,384 141% 47,347 135% Nugaal 12,000 22,098 184% 22098 184% 33,000 275% Sub-total 297,000 - 321,341 108% 344,126 116% 313,217 105% Sub-total 80,000 - 111,270 139% 110,100 138% 354,402 443% Somaliland Somaliland Sanaag 72,000 42,433 59% 55,225 77% 49,832 69% Sanaag 30,000 39,090 130% 44616 149% 51,396 171% Sool 36,000 26,624 74% 44,626 124% 35,780 99% Sool 16,000 17,928 112% 17400 109% 66,809 418% Togdheer 47,000 42,118 90% 41,067 87% 41,684 89% Togdheer 37,000 5,964 16% 78 0% 36,984 100% W. Galbeed 96,000 21,184 22% 81,814 85% 47,393 49% W. Galbeed 25,000 21,078 84% 13692 55% 46,992 188% Awdal 33,000 16,459 50% 54,158 164% 14,955 45% Awdal 26,000 1,200 5% 1200 5% 48,582 187% Sub-total 284,000 - 148,818 52% 276,890 97% 189,644 67% Sub-total 134,000 - 85,260 64% 76,986 57% 250,763 187% Total: 2,321,000 - 1,342,268 58% 1,390,871 60% 1,134,205 49% Total: 835,000 - 229,302 27% 202,872 24% 2,468,610 296% BEST ESTIMATE OF PEOPLE IN NEED (INDICATOR 1) BEST ESTIMATE OF PEOPLE IN NEED (INDICATOR 2) From 2.3 million FSNAU Post Deyr 11/12 Assessment *** From 1 million Explain this figure (how was this estimate calculated? What is this estimate based on?): Reliability of Reliability of JANUARY to JANUARY to information: information: End JUNE End JUNE 2012 2012

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