Title:
Somalia is facing another food crisis: here’s why – and what can be done to stop the cycle
Authors:
Paul Porter, Professor Emeritus, Cropping Systems Agronomist, University of Minnesota
&
Hussein Haji, Executive Director of the Somali Agriculture Technical Group and Lecturer, City University of Mogadishu
[Contributor: Ryan Gavin, PhD Student, University of Minnesota]
Published:
The Conversation, 29 April 2021
From the article:
Since the fall of Siad Barre’s regime in 1991, which led to a prolonged period of civil unrest, Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. It also suffered two famines – in 1992 and 2011.