6.3 million Somalis facing food shortage by December - FAO

[GBTarmy]

its not fake. there are people dying of starvation in somalia but the numbers are over exaggerated

that's why I said fake news, it's not 6.3 million... last rain season was very good for the whole country and I would guess the number is at 2-3 million at best

 

[Teflon]

that's why I said fake news, it's not 6.3 million... last rain season was very good for the whole country and I would guess the number is at 2-3 million at best

well said good sir

 

[GBTarmy]

well said good sir

until we deal with the IDP situation the number will always be high, even if we had good rain season those people are always starving. in Xamar alone 600k IDPs, 2.6million in the whole country...

 

[Teflon]

until we deal with the IDP situation the number will always be high, even if we had good rain season those people are always starving. in Xamar alone 600k IDPs, 2.6million in the whole country...

ohh

 

[Inquisitive_]

This is all a scam, the interference of these western nation and there war against our farmers through aid is what is keeping us impoverished.

Every developed nation protects there key industries of which food production is number 1, because if you loose this you will forever be a beggar to others and remain impoverished.

Africa as a whole imports more food then they produce despite having the most fertile soil in the world.

But people are slowly waking up to these scam, hence these types of outlandish articles and scaremongering.

I wish someone could create a farming association in our country like all other nations have, this way the general public is aware off there situation and plight each harvest season.

This also opens up the door for investment, donations or aid by government in tough times to ensure food production remains stable.

If all the produce is property documented each harvest season, this can be used to restrict a lot of import of food while exploring export opportunities, this is how western nations construct policies.

It wouldn't cost the government much money, it just needs a small team to document this and keep track.

I doubt they even know how many farms we have in Lower Shabelle alone never mind yearly food production figures in Somalia.

 

[AussieHustler]

Starts with this is fake followed by if, if if and more ifs.

Doesn’t that indicate the problems reported exist and why are they denying it? These are the smart ones.

The 6.3 million include those families who live on the margins and couldn’t afford a decent meal for their families and thus rendered their babies to suffer malnutrition. They number in the millions, or should they eat cakes as quipped by Maria Antoinette?

 

[Basra]

A Nation who has lost all hope to feed itself and yet is obsessed with killing each other on clan and sub-clan level. Haven't we became the stupidest and craziest humans in the world where others warn their people not to become like us. Only a fool can't recognise his self-inflicted wounds and continues on a path of self-destruction.

MOGADISHU (HOL) - Up to 6.3 million Somalis will be facing acute food shortage by December, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned calling for scaled up donor support to avert suffering.

In a situation report for October, the UN agency said climatic shocks coupled with widespread poverty and vulnerability had trapped millions of Somalia in severe hunger.

Noting that cereal harvest in 2019 was 68% average in southern Somalia and the lowest such harvest recorded since 1995, the UN body called for sustained donor support to prevent more people falling into severe hunger.

According to the report, FAO needs an additional $66 million to support livelihoods in Somalia through 2019.

An estimated 2.6 million people remain internally displaced across the country, either scattered among host communities in rural areas or living in formal and informal settlements on the outskirts of urban centres, the report says. “Widespread malnutrition persists across the country and 1 million children are projected to be acutely malnourished over the next year, including 178 400 who are likely to be severely malnourished if interventions are not scaled up.”

It added that its relief efforts in 2019 had since reached 800,000 receiving direct livelihood support while a further 700,00 were receiving cash assistance.

2.68 million animals belonging to 400 000 people (67 040 households) treated against illness and disease, the report says.

https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2019/...lis_facing_food_shortage_by_december_fao.aspx

@AussieHustler Why do you care for Somalia that much?

 

[AussieHustler]

@AussieHustler Why do you care for Somalia that much?

@Basra

Not much, but I want to position myself to be the broker when we sell it to China? What about you Eeddo?