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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetResilience Building in Somalia
FAO Programme Review 2024
2024Also available in:
No results found.Leveraging on more than a decade of delivering humanitarian response, saving lives, and building resilient and sustainable livelihoods in Somalia, FAO continues to prioritize strengthening the productive sectors and resilient food systems. At the core of this is building resilience against climate change and human-induced crises as well as protecting the poor and vulnerable from shocks and stresses. In Somalia, FAO operates one of the largest resilience programmes in sub-Saharan Africa in efforts to contribute to the regional, sub-regional and country priorities. FAO defines Resilience as the ability of individuals, households, and communities to PREVENT, ANTICIPATE, ABSORB, ADOPT and TRANSFORM positively, efficiently, and effectively when faced with a wide range of risks and crises while maintaining an acceptable level of functioning without compromising long-term prospects for sustainable development, peace and security, human rights, and well-being for all. The ongoing programme in Somalia implemented in collaboration with the government of Somalia and partners focuses on enhancing evidence-based policies and institutional interventions, covering components such as food security, nutrition, land, agriculture, aquaculture, livestock breeding, infrastructure rehabilitation/construction and seed policies and production. Through the programme, FAO supports increased production and productivity through targeted support to households, smallholder farmers, farmer organizations and cooperatives, youth and women organizations improved efficiency; provision/improvement of infrastructure such as feeder roads, markets, flood embarkments, fish landing sites, veterinary and seed laboratories; improving farmer knowledge and skills; investing in early warning and early action systems for evidence-based decision making and anticipatory actions; and strengthening of stakeholder coordination for higher and lasting impact of interventions. To improve agri-food system resilience, FAO has focused on supporting increased crop production to meet the cereal needs of the most vulnerable. To strengthen the preventive and anticipative resilience of the communities and the government, emphasis is made on strengthening the capacity of federal and state governments to conduct desert locust surveillance and control in order to prevent the destruction of crops. Support is provided to the livestock sector through animal treatment and vaccination campaigns, including efforts to commercialize the sector and reduce livestock-related conflicts. Moving towards adaptive and transformative capacity for longer term and sustainable resilience building, the focus is made towards strengthening irrigation potential in the riverine areas while providing cash to enable quick recovery. The FAO Somalia programme is also promoting the development of the fisheries sector which has a great potential to contribute to national food security. FAO interventions towards building resilience. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetSoil Mapping for Resilient Agrifood Systems (SoilFER) 2024
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No results found.In Central America and sub-Saharan Africa, the Soil Mapping for Resilient Agrifood Systems (SoilFER) project stands out as a unique framework aimed at unearthing valuable information from soils to guide policymaking and fertilizer recommendations both at national and field scale. This project directly addresses the fertilizer crisis driven by supply-chain shocks and current conflicts. Faced with the challenges posed by climate change, soil degradation and the misuse of inputs, SoilFER uses a holistic approach - from soil sampling in the field to advanced laboratory analysis and digital soil information systems as well as decision support tools. Funded by the US State Deparment, SoilFER promotes sustainable farming practices and soil health, positively impacting agricultural livelihoods and enhancing the resilience of agrifood systems in the 5 beneficiary countries. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetResilience Building in Liberia
FAO Programme Review 2024
2024Also available in:
No results found.The FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) collaborates with several African countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Liberia, to enhance resilience building efforts. FAO is implementing programs in Liberia to enhance resilience, aligning with government priorities and key policies. The Resilience Building Programme focuses on policy interventions covering food security, nutrition, land, livestock, fisheries, and environment. FAO promotes sustainable food systems, supports value chain development, enhances agricultural governance, and strengthens capacities of relevant institutions. The organization also supports responsible agrifood systems, facilitates investments in various agriculture value chains, and collaborates with the government to improve infrastructure and create an enabling environment for investments. Cross-cutting areas include gender equality, youth empowerment, climate change mitigation, and environmental protection. FAO's initiatives in Liberia aim to strengthen preventive, anticipatory, absorptive, adaptive, and transformational capacities to empower local communities and foster sustainable development. This document reflects an analysis of ongoing FAO Liberia resilience building interventions and how they contribute towards the five capacities for resilience building, namely: Preventive: reduce existing and future risks; Anticipative: act early; Absorptive: the ability to bounce back, overwhelmingly humanitarian (emergency response); Adaptive: incremental adjustments; Transformative: make fundamental changes to the system. The five capacity areas are in most cases overlapping during specific project implementation, with the classification based on the overarching resilience capacity area.
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