FAO launches $17m project to enhance food security in Somalia

Livestock market.

A livestock market in Mogadishu, Somalia, on July 30, 2020. The Food and Agriculture Organization has launched a fisheries and livestock project in Somalia to enhance food security. PHOTO | STR | AFP

The Food Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the European Union on Wednesday launched a three-year project in Somalia to enhance food security by increasing job opportunities in the fisheries and livestock sectors.

Livestock and fishing are leading income earners in Somalia but both have been affected by conflict, climate change, piracy and illegal fishing.