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First floods, then desert locusts


Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats
Ali’s village in central Somalia often faces flooding, but this time, two cyclones also brought a rapid multiplication of locusts, yet another major threat to the food security and livelihoods of farmers in this area. ©FAO/Arete/Ismail Taxta
15/01/2021
In December 2019, Cyclone Pawan hit Ali Mahamud Rubaax’s village of Dharkeynley in Beletweyne, central Somalia. The storm’s rain caused the river levels to reach their maximum, breaking their banks and overflowing into the village and surrounding areas leaving most of the town under water. About 182 000 people from this district were displaced. Some drowned. Others had gone missing.  ....

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Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats: first floods and then desert locusts - Somalia


Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats: first floods and then desert locusts
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“My life depends on farming. My resource is farming, and my family sustains itself with what we farm,” says Ali Mahamud Rubaax, a farmer based in Dharkeynley village, Beletweyne district, central Somalia. “The constant challenge I face is flooding from the river as it destroys all the crops. When the flooding ended last year, we started planting seeds, but then the water came back again,” he adds.
The major economic center of Beletweyne is especially vulnerable to seasonal floods due to its low-lying location. The town is a key urban centre and commercial hub providing services to rural communities in Hirshabelle State, like the one where Ali is based. ....

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