Somalia Situation Report – May 2017
| dc.coverage | Somalia | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:52:13Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T12:52:13Z | |
| dc.date | 2017 | |
| dc.date | 2018-01-15T21:44:03.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-28T00:26:08Z | |
| dc.description | Poor rains and extended drought over consecutive growing seasons have impacted rural livelihoods and food security in Somalia, pushing the country to the brink of famine. This just five years after the 2011 crisis that claimed the lives of over a quarter million people and as the Somali people continue to rebuild from decades of internal conflict. Some 6.7 million people now face acute food insecurity (IPC phases 2, 3 & 4), with the majority – 68 percent – of severely food insecure (IPC phases 3 & 4) in rural areas (2.2 million). Rural areas are home to nine in ten people at greatest risk – those on the brink of famine (IPC 4). Following early warning in February a quick response by donors, the humanitarian community and the Somali government and people, the worst has so far been averted via a combination of interventions – including cash transfers and livelihood support delivered by FAO at massive scale. April-June rains are critical to Somalia’s main Gu growing season and help rejuve nate rangelands. While they have now started, they started late and rainfall has been below average in many places. Meanwhile, displacement, disease (a severe outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera) and compounding needs are contributing to a further deterioration in food security. | |
| dc.format | 2p. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/bt464e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-bt464e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/309075 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | FAO ; | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Somalia Situation Report – May 2017 | |
| dc.type | Document |