Somalia: Food Security is Key to Ending Poverty

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00:08 Somalia is currently facing one of the worst droughts in 40 years,

00:12 and 7.1 million people face acute food insecurity.

00:18 With 1.5 million children under 5 suffering from malnutrition

00:23 and warnings declared of an impending famine,

00:26 how can food security

00:28 be strengthened in Somalia?

00:37 Marquesa khakis at the same time.

01:02 I'm a loan sad.

01:29 Agricultural development is one of the most

01:32 important tools to end extreme poverty,

01:34 boost shared prosperity,

01:36 and feed a projected 9.7 billion global population by 2050.

01:41 In the past 3 years,

01:43 Somalia has been hit with multiple shocks,

01:46 including locust swarms,

01:48 COVID-19,

01:49 extreme drought,

01:50 and impacts from the war in Ukraine.

01:53 The results,

01:54 agricultural-driven growth,

01:56 poverty reduction,

01:57 and food security

01:59 are suffering.

02:00 Marquess.

02:17 So how I

02:21 is

03:05 irrigation project.

03:21 The World Bank supports Somalia to build resilience

03:24 and improve food security through several ongoing projects.

03:28 One of them

03:29 is the Somalia Water for Agripastoral Productivity and Resilience Project,

03:33 known locally as Bioli,

03:35 which is delivering improved water and.

03:37 Agriculture services to agro-pastoral communities

03:40 in drought-prone dryland areas of Somalia

03:43 to improve their productivity and resilience to climate-induced shocks.

03:47 The construction of approximately 50 dams is

03:50 currently underway across several regions in Somalia.

03:54 The impact of sand dams is proving fruitful,

03:57 with communities able to irrigate,

03:59 cultivate crops and water their date palms,

04:01 which they sell to closed towns.

04:05 To realize a thriving and food secure future for Somalia,

04:09 it will need investment in climate resilient solutions,

04:13 smallholder farmers,

04:14 and addressing conflict situations

04:17 in the country.

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Somalia is currently facing one of the worst droughts in 40 years, and 7.1 million people face acute food insecurity. With 1.5 million children under 5 suffering from malnutrition and warnings declared of an impending famine, how can food security be strengthened in Somalia? Marquesa khakis at the same time. I'm a loan sad. Agricultural development is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 billion global population by 2050. In the past 3 years, Somalia has been hit with multiple shocks, including locust swarms, COVID-19, extreme drought, and impacts from the war in Ukraine. The results, agricultural-driven growth, poverty reduction, and food security are suffering. Marquess. So how I is irrigation project. The World Bank supports Somalia to build resilience and improve food security through several ongoing projects. One of them is the Somalia Water for Agripastoral Productivity and Resilience Project, known locally as Bioli, which is delivering improved water and. Agriculture services to agro-pastoral communities in drought-prone dryland areas of Somalia to improve their productivity and resilience to climate-induced shocks. The construction of approximately 50 dams is currently underway across several regions in Somalia. The impact of sand dams is proving fruitful, with communities able to irrigate, cultivate crops and water their date palms, which they sell to closed towns. To realize a thriving and food secure future for Somalia, it will need investment in climate resilient solutions, smallholder farmers, and addressing conflict situations in the country.

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