Wheat in Somalia

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I remember reading something about of the national universities doing research into making a strain deisnged for somali climate, is this it?
 

reer

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because of losing lands like this.

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Can anyone explain why it was so hard to grow wheat domestically before ? All our wheat comes from Ukraine mainly

I know it has something to do with climate
 

Thegoodshepherd

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[Can anyone explain why it was so hard to grow wheat domestically before ? All our wheat comes from Ukraine mainly

I know it has something to do with climate

Very high temperatures, not much diurnal changes in temperature, humid conditions can lead to fungal growth, etc... Wheat has only recently been bred/modified to tolerate tropical conditions. It is a temperate crop domesticated in areas that are much cooler than Somalia.


This is probably a bad idea from a water conservation standpoint as wheat is ~30% less efficient than corn in terms of liters per kcal. Somalia should probably not be growing wheat anywhere outside of Gedo and Gabilay district. We don't have the water for it, especially not in Lower Shabelle.

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Very high temperatures, not much diurnal changes in temperature, humid conditions can lead to fungal growth, etc... Wheat has only recently been bred/modified to tolerate tropical conditions. It is a temperate crop domesticated in areas that are much cooler than Somalia.


This is probably a bad idea from a water conservation standpoint as wheat is ~30% less efficient than corn in terms of liters per kcal. Somalia should probably not be growing wheat anywhere outside of Gedo and Gabilay district. We don't have the water for it, especially not in Lower Shabelle.

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What about Hiraan ? They have the Shabelle and fertile lands
 
@reer is correct historically it was mostly Somali farmers(Gadaburs,, Isa, Gerri, Abaskul) from Galbeed that grew wheat which was even exported from Berbera. Juwarry is sorghum btw.
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I suspect that it probably also grew in mountainous highland areas in the north like Cal Madow and other hills similar to how they are attempting to grow coffee there now because of the elevation cool climate. A lot of Mountainous Areas of the north like Golis used be like that before the degradation at the turn of the 20th century.

The high yield wheat variety he has grown in Southern Somalia is made to be suitable to it's climate variability and soil through experimentation, testing etc, its similar to the maize hybrid seed varieties that agro-cultural scientists like Hussein Haji from SATG and others have worked on. They require less water and are drought resistant etc .

They are doing the same thing in Somaliland. So it's a major breakthrough that Prof Jeylaani has made because Somaliland will be less dependant on Galbeed and similarly Southern Somalia will be less dependent on wheat imports as well.
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@reer is correct historically it was mostly Somali farmers(Gadaburs,, Isa, Gerri, Abaskul) from Galbeed that grew wheat which was even exported from Berbera. Juwarry is sorghum btw.
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I suspect that it probably also grew in mountainous highland areas in the north like Cal Madow and other hills similar to how they are attempting to grow coffee there now because of the elevation cool climate. A lot of Mountainous Areas of the north like Golis used be like that before the degradation at the turn of the 20th century.

The high yield wheat variety he has grown in Southern Somalia is made to be suitable to it's climate variability and soil through experimentation, testing etc, its similar to the maize hybrid seed varieties that agro-cultural scientists like Hussein Haji from SATG and others have worked on. They require less water and are drought resistant etc .

They are doing the same thing in Somaliland. So it's a major breakthrough that Prof Jeylaani has made because Somaliland will be less dependant on Galbeed and similarly Southern Somalia will be less dependent on wheat imports as well.
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Damn Im jealous those machines cost hundreds of thousands of $ each

but still Galbeed isnt somalia so forget about it, Im interested in the potential in Somalia, wouldnt Jowhar be the best bet ?
 
Damn Im jealous those machines cost hundreds of thousands of $ each

but still Galbeed isnt somalia so forget about it, Im interested in the potential in Somalia, wouldnt Jowhar be the best bet ?

Jowhar has the same machines they recently bought by an agricultural entreprise Dandwadaag Group, they use it for rice production


Same with Somaliland it was supplied to them by the government they use for millet and wheat
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