In response to the country's needs and in line with its mandate, FAO supported the Somalia Government in developing a 15-year phased strategy for control of PPR with possible eradication (FAO 2011a, b, c) under a livelihood support programme.
The visit was organised by Amref under the livelihoods component.
The African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref) instigated the idea for a store and is overseeing construction as part of the three-year development project in Katine sub-county, funded by the Guardian and Barclays, under its livelihoods component.
Under the livelihoods component of Amref's community partnerships project (being delivered by partner Farm-Africa) in Katine sub-county, farmers in 18 pilot villages have been forming groups that will be used to demonstrate modern, market-focused agriculture.
Under the livelihoods component of the project, the African Medical and Research Foundation, assisted by Farm-Africa, sponsored 18 farmers' groups in the sub-county to tour several farms and the research institute in Serere, a town in a sub-county further south of Katine, in the hope they would learn new skills and ideas on citrus growing, which they could replicate back home.
For every traditional retailer feeling their livelihood under threat from Amazon, there is another embryonic enterprise born on the mighty online platform, many of them flourishing.
Some accuse John Calipari, the Kentucky coach, of being cynical in recruiting high school stars to play brilliantly together for just a season or two as the best way of advancing their livelihood under the "one-and-done" rule of professional basketball.
With their game and their livelihood under attack, members of the Oklahoma breeders' association are engaged in legal challenges against the coalition's referendum, trying to stall it for at least a year beyond this November and gain enough time to kill it through lobbying.
For the past two years I have been supporting the Kondh's battle to save their livelihood, under the auspices of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF).
Tens of thousands of artisanal fishermen in Africa now feel their livelihood is under threat.
