FAO in Somalia 2019 Drought Action Plan
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Somalia is experiencing a severe drought across most of the country. Based on rain performance so far, the upcoming Gu harvest will likely be half of a normal year at best. This is especially grim as Somalia produces only around one-third of its cereal requirements in a normal year. Livestock are in extremely poor condition and risk dying in large numbers if the rains continue to be poor.
Around 2.2 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity by September 2019 - a more than 40 percent increase than the number projected in January this year. A further 3.2 million people are expected to struggle just to meet minimum food requirements over the same period. Communities that were already vulnerable due to past droughts are again facing severe hunger and water scarcity and are at risk from deadly communicable diseases and hunger. Somalia’s overall Humanitarian Response Plan for 2019, requiring USD1.08 billion, is only 22 percent funded.
This Drought Action Plan outlines urgent action to halt and reverse these worsening trends in rural areas and prevent displacement. It revisits the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia, which took into account a much smaller population in need after the Post-Gu 2018 assessment, when drought and food security conditions temporarily improved. FAO has developed this Plan to scale up its response to address time-critical needs in rural Somalia and draw attention to the critical need for funding and action.