Somalia, UN seek humanitarian aid to avert food insecurity

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALIA NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 3/FEBRUARY/2020, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

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1. Med shot, Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Hamoud Ali Hassan and Etienne Peterschmitt, the FAO Representative in Somalia, chatting before the media briefing
2. Wide shot, Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Hamoud Ali Hassan and Etienne Peterschmitt, the FAO Representative in Somalia, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Adam Abdelmoula, and Daniel Molla, the FSNAU Chief Technical Advisor, at the media brief
3. Med shot, journalists covering
4. Close up shot, Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Hamoud Ali Hassan, reading through a document
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Abdelmoula, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
“Approximately 4.1 million people across Somalia will continue to face acute food insecurity through mid-2020, including 1.3 million people who need urgent humanitarian assistance. Over 962,000 children face acute malnutrition, including 162, 000 who could become severely malnourished through this year if their needs are not addressed.”

6. Close up shot, a senior ministry official attending
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Abdelmoula, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
“These concerns add to what is already one of the biggest and most complex emergencies in the world today. About 2.6 million people remain internally displaced and highly impoverished. They need to be better protected and supported in finding durable solutions,”

8. Close up shot, Etienne Peterschmitt, the FAO Representative in Somalia, listening to Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Hamoud Ali Hassan
9. Med shot, Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Hamoud Ali Hassan, addressing the media
10. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Hamoud Ali Hassan, Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
“The problem in Somalia is not only because of rainfall but due to insecurity and lack of infrastructure, which affects the movement of people between member states. Insecurity is a contributing factor.”

11. Close up shot, Adam Abdelmoula, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia name tag
12. Close up shot, Adam Abdelmoula, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Etienne Peterschmitt, the FAO Representative in Somalia
“If the locust does hit the cropping areas or grazing areas at the worst time, the damage can be huge, up to 100 per cent. Where the locust is, it doesn’t necessarily mean the locust will affect all parts of the country but we need to be prepared. So, in close coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, we have a Plan of Action. We are appealing jointly for funding. This is not just a problem for Somalia but a problem for the region. So, what we do in Somalia benefits the neighbouring countries and vice versa,”

14. Wide shot, Daniel Molla, the FSNAU Chief Technical Advisor speaking
15. Close up shot, Mukhtar Sheikh Hussein, Director General in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management taking notes
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Molla, the FSNAU Chief Technical Advisor
“We also have to consider the prospects for the Gu season rainfall that is ahead of us and the forecast for the IGAD indicates that average and above average rainfall is expected in most parts of Somalia,”

17. Wide shot, journalists covering
18. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mukhtar Sheikh Hussein, Director General in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management
“We call upon humanitarian agencies to implement the findings and take part in the delivery of aid because if they do not scale up their activities, the concerns raised by the FSNAU and FAO will come true.”
19. Wide shot, journalists covering
Somalia, UN seek humanitarian aid to avert food insecurity

Mogadishu, 4 February 2020 – Somalia's federal authorities and the United Nations (UN) are calling for urgent humanitarian assistance to avert an acute food insecurity situation that could threaten millions of people.

The call was made during the launch of the post-Deyr (October - December) seasonal Food Security and Nutrition Assessment for Somalia on Monday.

The periodic assessment is conducted twice a year by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET), both of which are managed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN, in collaboration with various partners and governments.

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