In Somalia, Bananas are Back

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As the security situation has begun to normalize over recent years, people are returning to Somalia’s traditionally banana-farming areas and beginning to pick up the pieces. As part of a broader effort to spur private sector investment in Somalia, the USAID-funded Somalia Growth, Enterprise, Employment and Livelihoods (GEEL) program, implemented by RTI International, has been supporting the revitalization of the country’s banana sector by providing training that addresses gaps in production, post-harvest processing and storage, and infrastructure. Earlier this year, the project organized a two-month training in Costa Rica — the world’s second-largest banana exporter — which brought Somali banana farmers halfway across the world to learn how to improve their banana plantations. Somali banana farmers from 18 prominent agribusinesses flew from Mogadishu to San Jose to study at the Escuela de Agricultura de la Region Tropical Humeda (EARTH) University, an agricultural college focused on sustainable agriculture in tropical climates.
 
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Study Sunt Tzu’s, ‘Art of War’.
Bananas are useless. We need to grow usefull crops like wheat and rice. Lets tell the truth, can bananas feed somalia for qaado? We need to grow easy to grow crops like wheat and rice which are long lasting and takes less time to grow
 
Bananas are useless. We need to grow usefull crops like wheat and rice. Lets tell the truth, can bananas feed somalia for qaado? We need to grow easy to grow crops like wheat and rice which are long lasting and takes less time to grow
Huh? It was one of our largest exports bringing in millions and employing many farmers.
 
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Bananas are useless. We need to grow usefull crops like wheat and rice. Lets tell the truth, can bananas feed somalia for qaado? We need to grow easy to grow crops like wheat and rice which are long lasting and takes less time to grow

Somalia needs free markets. Let the markets decide where resources should be allocated.
 
Bananas are useless. We need to grow usefull crops like wheat and rice. Lets tell the truth, can bananas feed somalia for qaado? We need to grow easy to grow crops like wheat and rice which are long lasting and takes less time to grow
Without bananas how will we eat rice :ileycry:
 
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