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Massive Death of Cattle Threatens Food Security in Somalia

Rome,  (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) warned today that the mass death of cattle due to intense drought threatens livelihoods and food security in Somalia.
The UN specialized agency with headquarters in this Italian capital stressed that the absence of rain has caused the death of up to 60 percent of the herds in some areas of this nation of the African Horn.

In its report ‘World Information and Warning System’ dedicated to Somalia: Pastoral homes face extreme food insecurity, the FAO points out that more than a year of severe dry weather affected the availability of fodder and water in most of the pastureland.

Situation that tends to aggravate in front of meteorological forecasts that indicate precipitations below the average of April to June, for which reason the recovery of the pastures and the conditions of the animals is not probable.

The livestock sector represents 40 percent of the gross domestic product of that nation and 65 percent of the population is dedicated to livestock.

Last year FAO came with treatments for parasites, vaccines and other injuries to 38.3 million animals, also provided food for more than 900 000 and delivered more than 53 million liters of water.

Source: Prensa Latina

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