FSNAU In Focus
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FSNAU releases Nutrition Update for October-December 2013
November 21, 2013Read More ....
FSNAU has released the Nutrition Update for the period October-December 2013. According to the update, Somalia has some of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. Even when there is good rain and an improvement in food security situation, it does not imply immediate reduction of malnutrition rates. Factors such as diseases, limited access to safe water or sanitation and poor child feeding practices are responsible for persistent malnutrition in Somalia.
FSNAU uses of variety of nutrition information sources to make projections on nutrition situation for next 3 months based...
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Post Gu 2013 Nutrition Analysis Technical Report
October 31, 2013Read More ....
A large proportion of Somali population remains poor and vulnerable. Disruptions, lack of essential health services and support structures increase the malnutrition risk to the population, in particular children, pregnant and nursing women. Nutrition assessment is a critical first step in efforts aimed at improving the nutritional status of the Somali population.
Between May – July 2013, FSNAU conducted 50 nutrition surveys across Somalia covering all regions & livelihood zones. Forty two of these surveys were based on SMART methodology and eight were surveys that used Mid...
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Post Gu 2013 Food Security and Nutrition Technical Report
October 18, 2013Read More ....
In June-July 2013, the FSNAU in collaboration with regional governments and several partner agencies carried out food security and nutrition assessments across Somalia. The purpose of the assessment was to gather information required for food security and nutrition situation analysis for rural and urban populations and internally displaced persons (IDP). The livelihoods based analysis provided a snap-shot food security situation analysis for July 2013 and projections for the period of August to December 2013. The food security analysis followed a standardized Integrated Phase...
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Food Security and Nutrition Outlook: Despite improvements, 870,000 likely in Crisis and Emergency (IPC Phase 3 and 4) through December
September 7, 2013Read More ....
The joint Food Security and Nutrition Outlook published by FSNAU and FEWS NET is based on the findings from the Post Gu Food Security and Nutrition Assessment conducted across Somalia during June/July 2013. The outlook highlights the following key messages:-
- The number of people in Crisis and Emergency (IPC Phase 3 and 4) is now at its lowest since Famine (IPC Phase 5) was declared in parts of southern Somalia in 2011. The fall in the food insecure population is the result of several successive seasons of average to above average rainfall, low food prices, increased livestock...
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Acute malnutrition persists in Somalia while 870,000 people remain food insecure
September 3, 2013Read More ....
September 3, 2013, Nairobi/Washington – The number of people in crisis in Somalia is at its lowest since famine was declared in Somalia in 2011, thanks to successive seasons of average to above average rainfall, low food prices and sustained humanitarian response but acute malnutrition continues to pose a threat to hundreds of thousands of children especially in the country’s south, latest findings indicate.
A joint report by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit for Somalia (FSNAU), a project managed by UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and...
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Family Ties: Remittances and Livelihoods Support in Puntland and Somaliland Study Report
July 1, 2013Read More ....
Beginning long before the collapse of the Somali state in 1991, but increasingly since then, remittances have provided crucial support to the people of Somalia. Based on the findings of this survey, we estimate remittances to Somalia to be a minimum of US$1.2 billion per year. The significance of this sum can be seen when compared with international aid flows which averaged $834 million/year between 2007 and 2011,1 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) estimated at $102 million in 2011,2 and exports of $516 million in 2010.3 The bulk of money sent is used by families to cover basic household...
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Quarterly Brief - Focus on Post Gu Season Early Warning
June 20, 2013Read More ....
Based on the results of the rapid preliminary Gu season field assessment carried out in May-June 2013 and continuous monitoring of food security and nutrition situation, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) projects that most rural livelihoods will be classified as Stressed (IPC Phase 2) based on the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) severity scale of acute food insecurity in the post Gu period (July-December 2013). However, some deterioration of the food security situation is expected in Hiran Agropastoral and flood affected riverine areas in Jowhar (Middle Shabelle). A...
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Technical Release: Study suggests 258,000 Somalis died due to severe food insecurity and famine; Half of deaths were children under 5
May 2, 2013Read More ....
NAIROBI/WASHINGTON May 2, 2013 — A new study estimates that famine and severe food insecurity in Somalia claimed the lives of about 258,000 people between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133,000 children under 5.
Jointly funded and commissioned by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit for Somalia (FSNAU) and the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), the study is the...
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Study Report: Mortality among populations of southern and central Somalia affected by severe food insecurity and famine during 2010-2012
May 2, 2013Read More ....
Between late 2010 and early 2012, southern and central Somalia experienced severe food insecurity and malnutrition precipitated by a prolonged period of drought resulting in the poorest harvests since the 1992-1993 famine. The effects of the drought were compounded by various factors including decreased humanitarian assistance and increasing food prices. Furthermore, this emergency occurred against a backdrop of heightened insecurity and persistent high levels of acute malnutrition, and affected populations whose resilience mechanisms had already been weakened over the past few years by a...
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Market Update, March 2013
April 19, 2013Read More ....
Inflation: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was largely stable in nearly all zones of Somalia in March. Annual inflation reduced in South-Central, increased in the North Somaliland Shilling (SlSh) zone and remained relatively stable in Somali Shilling (SoSh) zone. Compared to the base period (March 2007), the minimum cost of living is elevated in all areas.
Exchange rate: The SoSh continued to appreciate against the US Dollar (USD), while the SlSh depreciated marginally during March. A similar trend was observed in the exchange rate movements over the past year, with...
