Food, Nutrition and Health Nexus in Somalia
In Somalia, climate shocks, food insecurity, malnutrition and disease are closely linked. Recurrent droughts, floods and rising temperatures destroy crops and livestock, push families from their homes and cut access to clean water. This drives both hunger and disease outbreaks.
Between April and June 2026, an estimated 6 million people, 31 percent of the population, faced crisis-level food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). About 1.9 million children were acutely malnourished, including 493,000 severely malnourished.
This session brings together climate, agriculture, nutrition and health partners. It looks at integrated, climate-resilient solutions that protect food systems and strengthen community health, and at the financing needed to scale them in Somalia.
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Somalia, Ministry of Health, MoECC, FAO, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, Farmer organisations, enterprises, Türkiye and financing partners.
