Activities • • • and Hygiene(WASH)EnablingProgramme clusters to: is workingwithpartners intheFood Security, Nutrition,Water, Sanitation The Food andAgriculture Organization oftheUnited Nations(FAO) Objectives lives andlivelihoodsofthevulnerable population. including frequentcontinue floodinganddrought, to impact severely the disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic andrecurrent climate shocks, ongoing desertlocustinvasion, socio-economic effects ofthe coronavirus isfacing agrowing numberofthreats to itsfood security. The decision making and support the delivery oflife savingassistance.decision makingandsupportthedelivery Provide timelyandrelevant information to enable more informed assistance to ensure equalaccess for all. Ensure effective, principledand well-coordinated humanitarian vulnerable populations. Improve food securityandsafeguard thelivelihoodsofmost and floodrelated preparedness expansion ofhydro-meteorological monitoring network |climate (SWALIM) |data generation, andmapping| appdevelopment institutions |SomaliaWater and LandInformation Management and vegetation conditions |capacity ofnational development and reporting on markets, food securityandnutrition,rainfall, Food SecurityandNutritionAnalysisUnit(FSNAU) |monitoring humanitarian assistance of effectiveSupport delivery and well-coordinated nutrition practices |kitchen garden kits mother peergroups |nutritioneducation |training ingood cash assistance vouchers ande-nutrition |cash+ motherto Improve nutritionalstatus of vulnerable households and treatment |stocking ofvaccines andrelated supplies|trainings andirrigationequipment |water |livestock vaccination delivery tractor |animalfeed services) |fishinggear andprocessing work |agricultural kits(seeds,fertilizer, storage bags, irrigation/ unconditional andconditional cash transfers |cash+ |cash for Enhance food securityandresilience

© FAO 2021 Response Plan Humanitarian Somalia FAO inthe 2021humanitarian appeals |Somalia and nutrition. deterioration offood security required to prevent thefurther humanitarian assistance is households. Sustained the resilience ofvulnerable livelihoods andstrengthen access, protect andrestore enhance immediate food in 2021,itiscritical to expected to further increase With humanitarian needs January–December 2021 period USD 128million FAO requires 2.8 millionpeople to assist Projected acute food insecurity situation (April–June 2021) Situation analysis

Gulf of Aden Integrated Food 2.65 million people projected Awdal Security Phase to be in high acute food insecurity Sanaag Bari Classification (IPC)

Sool Togdheer children acutely Woqooyi Galbeed 1 – Minimal 840 000 Nugaal 2 – Stressed malnourished, including 3 – Crisis 143 000 severely malnourished

Arabian Sea 4 – Emergency

Hiraan 5 – Famine +4 690 cases of COVID-19, Galguduud Inadequate evidence including 127 deaths KENYA Not included Middle Shabele Bay Urban settlement 2.65 million classification Lower Shabele internally displaced people IDPs/other settlements 0 200 km classification

Source: Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia. 2020. Somalia: Acute food insecurity situation overview, April–June 2021. [online]. Nairobi, Kenya. [Cited 9 February 2021]. https://www.fsnau.org/ipc/ipc-map

Impact on food security

Key drivers of high food insecurity in Somalia include Contributing to the fragile food security situation is the the destructive desert locust upsurge, effects of the worst desert locust invasion the country has seen in COVID-19 pandemic, Cyclone Gati among other natural 25 years. Pasture and crop losses due to the upsurge have hazards, protracted conflict and population displacement. adversely impacted crop and livestock production, further threatening the livelihoods of vulnerable farmers and Over the last two decades, Somalia has seen a rise in the pastoralists. The highest level of risk, “Dangerous”, has been intensity and frequency of extreme weather events (floods extended into early 2021 as new generations are expected to and droughts). In 2020, this manifested in subsequent major form swarms, with some possibly moving southwards. flood events including Cyclone Gati – which made landfall in late-November in the north-east. The significant damage Humanitarian needs are likely to continue to increase as the caused by the cyclone affected the livelihoods of thousands onset of La Niña approaches. Two back-to-back seasons of and resulted in the loss of 63 000 livestock. Delayed and poor or failed rainfall could trigger a major humanitarian irregular rainfall throughout the year, particularly during crisis as observed in 2010/2011 and 2016/2017. Providing key agricultural seasons, resulted in poor crop production, large-scale and sustained humanitarian assistance and inadequate replacement of pasture and water resources and livelihood support is critical to close the debilitating food displacement, eroding the livelihood assets and resilience of consumption gaps that threaten vulnerable Somalis. There rural communities. is an urgent need to protect their livelihoods and strengthen their resilience. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a slowdown in economic activity marked by a decline in remittances as well as a short-term spike in imported staple food prices and a sharp decline in livestock exports. Contact

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