Etienne Peterschmitt, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative and Country Director for Somalia, has appealed for help from the Arab League.
Peterschmitt asked the Arab League members to respond to the dire food insecurity situation in Somalia urgently.
He was speaking when he attended the ongoing meeting of member states of the Arab League.
Officials from the United Nations in Somalia also attended the meeting.
Peterschmitt urged the Arab League members to increase their response to the food insecurity, drought, and humanitarian crises in the East African nation.
He also asked them to introduce better solutions that enable communities to withstand the recurrent shocks created by climate change.