[FAO_logo_Blue_2lines_en.jpg] Dear All, We are pleased to share the latest issue of the FAO GIEWS Update: · Somalia – Pastoral households face dire food insecurity · Somalie - Les ménages pastoraux font face à une insécurité alimentaire extrême · Somalia - Los hogares pastorales enfrentan niveles extremos de inseguridad alimentaria · Сомали - Домохозяйства скотоводов сталкиваются с острой нехваткой продовольствия · 索马里 - 牧民家庭粮食不安全状况严峻 GIEWS Update – Somalia 21 March 2018 KEY MESSAGES § Over one year of severe dry weather conditions affected forage and water availability in most pastoral and agro-pastoral areas, causing massive livestock deaths. § Weather forecasts point to below-average precipitations during the April-June “gu” season and a full recovery of rangelands and animal conditions is unlikely. § Prices of livestock have surged to very high levels in recent months, mainly due to reduced market supplies. § The food security situation is critical in pastoral central and northern regions, where almost 2 million people are severely food insecure. § Urgent support to pastoral agricultural livelihoods is needed to avert a deterioration of the food security situation and serious macro-economic implications. [cid:image002.jpg@01D3C106.7BA03DA0]<http://www.fao.org/3/I8889EN/i8889en.pdf> [cid:image003.gif@01D3C106.7BA03DA0]Go to report<http://www.fao.org/3/I8889EN/i8889en.pdf> [cid:image003.gif@01D3C106.7BA03DA0]<http://www.fao.org/3/a-C0344e.pdf>Go to other GIEWS Updates<http://www.fao.org/giews/reports/giews-updates/en/> Go to Press Release<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1109677/icode/> Enquiries may be directed to: Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS)<http://www.fao.org/giews/en/> Trade and Markets Division (EST) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GIEWSAlertsAfrica-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(GIEWSAlertsAfrica-L,SIGNOFF);