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Somalia | Humanitarian Response Plan 2020

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Since 2016, Somalia has faced climate shocks for eight back-to-back agricultural seasons. From drought to floods and cyclones, these have been increasingly frequent and exacerbated by plant pest outbreaks, including a recent and serious upsurge in desert locusts. This all further undermines the food security, nutrition and coping capacities of millions of already vulnerable people. Without harvests, livestock or fish, families lack food not only food on the table but also the means to buy any or meet their basic needs. The Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan 2020 calls for large-scale and sustained assitance to avoid a spiralling of the situation and support rural households to get back on their feet.

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