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GIEWS Update: Somalia

Joint Statement by FAO/WFP/FEWS NET/JRC: Persistent drought in Somalia leads to major food security crisis

Year of publication 2017

Pages 2p.

Author Trade and Markets Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title GIEWS Updates

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A failed 2016 rainy season has led to extreme drought in the Horn of Africa and a more intense drought than that of 2010 in Somalia. Extreme weather conditions, combined with high food prices, trade disruptions, population displacement and insecurity, are likely to have a very severe impact on the food security of millions of people in Somalia in the coming months. The ongoing food crisis could be exacerbated by a poor rainfall season in 2017.

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