Africa

Somalia

Food Systems Transformation

Transforming food systems through nutrition-sensitive and climate- adaptive social protection systems

Total funding allocated

US $ 2400000

Co-funding by UN agencies

US $ 400000

Brief Description

This joint program operationalizes Somalia’s National Food Systems Pathway to adopt a Productive Social Safety Net model, focusing on improving food security and resilience by implementing nutrition-sensitive, climate-adaptive livelihood interventions to diversify income, enhance market access, and boost productivity, particularly targeting youth and women. It also enhances social protection by providing technical assistance for a nutrition-sensitive, climate-adaptive safety net, innovative financing mechanisms, early warning systems, and improved Unified Social Registry interoperability. Building on UN and World Bank programs, it promotes climate-smart agriculture and leverages Green Climate Fund resources to protect vulnerable communities from food security shocks while enhancing their recovery and productivity of nutritious foods.

This joint programme enhances Somalia's National Food Systems Pathway through nutrition-sensitive and climate-adaptive social protection, focusing on improving food systems and strengthening social protection mechanisms. It achieves significant results by enhancing agrifood governance, fostering multi-stakeholder engagement, and strengthening evidence-based decision-making. The programme directly supports 28,000 individuals and builds capacity for 10,000 government staff and community leaders, potentially benefiting 3.6 to 4.4 million food-insecure people. By integrating climate adaptation into social protection, it promotes resilience and advances Sustainable Development Goals, ensuring sustainable and inclusive food systems in Somalia.

Expected key results

Improved social safety net coverage for rural populations and those whose livelihood are dependent on the local food system through scale up of nutrition-sensitive and climate-adaptive social protection programs
Operationalized National Food Systems Pathway and Climate Change Council with enhanced institutional capacity in evidence-based governance, management, and multi-stakeholder coordination when developing policies on sustainable and resilient food systems