Agriculture land by country, Africa

[Northern Swordsman]

No point since we're Nomads we used Bantus to do our farming work for us historically. They should do it. Farming is shameful in geeljire culture

Geeljire era is over. Now it’s the age of agriculture, if we want to boost our numbers and economy agriculture is the only way.

 

[Idilinaa]

Geeljire era is over. Now it’s the age of agriculture, if we want to boost our numbers and economy agriculture is the only way.

Herding aka ranching will be the majority, while agriculture will play a smaller role but a very significant one. Regenerative grazing and rotational grazing techniques will increase productivity and sustainability.

Even in the USA, a major agricultural powerhouse, most land is used for grazing rather than growing crops. 66% of U.S. agricultural land is used for grazing livestock, while only 25% of U.S. farmland is used for growing crops because crops require fertile, arable land with irrigation.

Like in America, Somalia’s natural landscape is ideal for this kind of livestock-based economy. Most land is not arable, but it is suitable for grazing.

Livestock is an Economic Engine Beyond Just Food. Animal products are not only food sources but also industrial resources (leather, textiles, plastics, medicines, biodiesel, nitrogen, hides, wool, fertilizers, etc.), making it a multi-purpose economic activity unlike farming, which primarily focuses on food alone.

For example the U.S. meat industry alone is worth over $200 billion annually (beef, poultry, pork). The dairy industry generates $50 billion+ per year in milk, cheese, and butter.

If you add the industrial component of this Leather, gelatin, animal fats, and pharmaceuticals (e.g., insulin from pigs) add even more economic value. Probably triple this

Whilst the corn industry alone is worth over $80 billion, primarily due to ethanol fuel production and animal feed. Whilst Soybeans generate about $60 billion annually, used in oil, animal feed, and processed foods.

Somalia’s Future is in a Hybrid System. Rather than abandoning pastoralism, Somalia is moving toward controlled grazing systems and ranching , a shift that increases productivity while preserving the traditional strength of livestock-based economies.

it’s about combining modern ranching systems with strategic farming, ensuring food security, economic stability, and sustainable land use.

 

[Idilinaa]

Most of Somalia is green and lush, it mostly made up of grassland, woodlands, forests, seasonal streams, lakes, waterfalls and oasis. It's only lands near and surounding the coast that is naturally dry but the interior regions where the famland and grazing land is mostly not.

Somalia doesn't lack rainfall, it received sufficient rainfall in many parts of the country that would in most places seasonally replenish areas.

Some more examples. The hills and countrysides of Borama/Awdal , Northern Somalia's interior


Next to streams/lakes



Rain Fall in Borama



Hirshabelle, Jowhar, Southern Somalia. Entire town surounding the extensive farmland

 

[Idilinaa]

Beledweyne, Southern Somalia the town another town further down , also surrounded by farmland and extensive greenery.


This is a town in the central part of Somalia's interior, most of the inhabitants are Hawiye clans like Hawadle and Gaal Jecel clans. The rest are clans like Jejele etc

 

[Soul Kaizer]

Most of Somalia is green and lush

Most is an exaggeration if we are being real its more like 10%

 

[Idilinaa]

Most is an exaggeration if we are being real its more like 10%
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Those types of satellite maps actually misrepresents large parts of Somalia and can be misleading as it does not differentiate between vegetation types, density, or seasonal variations. They are even worse then those maps who claim it's desert or slap this semi-arid nonsense on it.

Large parts of the country is indeed covered by green vegetation counted that it's not damaged by overgrazing bad land management which shows in some areas.

This map reflects a more accurate and better representative reality.

Only 12% of the land is truly barren(Bare areas), while the majority is covered by natural vegetation (grassland, woodlands, forests, farmland) 87.7%

 

[Idilinaa]

Those types of satellite maps actually misrepresents large parts of Somalia and can be misleading as it does not differentiate between vegetation types, density, or seasonal variations. They are even worse then those maps who claim it's desert or slap this semi-arid nonsense on it.


Large parts of the country is indeed covered by green vegetation counted that it's not damaged by overgrazing bad land management which shows in some areas.

This map reflects a more accurate and better representative reality.

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Only 12% of the land is truly barren(Bare Areas), while the majority is covered by natural vegetation (grassland, woodlands, forests, farmland) 87.7%
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This map also reflects what i said before , the purple dots scattered across show rainfed farmland that's concentrated in the north-west from Borama to Hargeisa and the nearby regions.

South-central has irrigated farming(due to the rivers) the red coloured areas show this and it's pretty much splattered with purple coloured dots that show rainfed farmland that extend up to Mudug.

Lower Juba and Lower Shabelle

It shows what i said in another post that the most dense farming communities are in historical NorthWest and South Central part of Somalia. The third being in the Harar uplands/erer zone, shabelle zones (upper part of the river), nogob zone in the elavated hills etc in Ogaden,

If anyone is curious about it you can check out my thread on Agriculture. Somalis engaged in farming in almost every region of Historical Somalia, with most of the dense farming communities being clustered in the NorthWest , Harar Uplands and South.Central.

Somali Agricultural Revolution (900-1600s)

I have been looking at various historical trends and linkages and came across. The Arab Agricultural Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Agricultural_Revolution which took places through the entirety of the medieval period. Which made me think that Somalia might have been connected to...

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The only problematic part is that these maps doesn't show the small scale farms and the large date palm plantations in Bari


Another map , again shows that Somalia is mostly covered with greenery like i said. Contrary to what @The Somali Caesar said

 

[Midas]

This map also reflects what i said before , the purple dots scattered across show rainfed farmland that's concentrated in the north-west from Borama to Hargeisa and the nearby regions.
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South-central has irrigated farming(due to the rivers) the red coloured areas show this and it's pretty much splattered with purple coloured dots that show rainfed farmland that extend up to Mudug.
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Lower Juba and Lower Shabelle
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It shows what i said in another post that the most dense farming communities are in historical NorthWest and South Central part of Somalia. The third being in the Harar uplands/erer zone, shabelle zones (upper part of the river), nogob zone in the elavated hills etc in Ogaden,



The only problematic part is that these maps doesn't show the small scale farms and the large date palm plantations in Bari


Another map , again shows that Somalia is mostly covered with greenery like i said. Contrary to what @The Somali Caesar said
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While this is true but outside of a few certain dense areas you mentioned. without modern technology most of these areas can't sustain agriculture. You see how quickly stuff can die in somalia when there's not enough rain in somalia all of the shrubs basically die.

Most of thr middle east with a similar climate to somalia relies either on rivers. Or mountain based agriculture like In yemen.

 

[Idilinaa]

While this is true but outside of a few certain dense areas you mentioned. without modern technology most of these areas can't sustain agriculture. You see how quickly stuff can die in somalia when there's not enough rain in somalia all of the shrubs basically die.

Most of thr middle east with a similar climate to somalia relies either on rivers. Or mountain based agriculture like In yemen.

Most land is marginal meaning that it's land although covered with vegetation, grass, trees etc it is suitable for grazing livestock and livestock can feed and roam on it. I would estimate that only like 10-20% in Somalia is suitable for large scale farming and around 5% of is currently farmed. It's inline with the global trend of 10-15% land that is arable.

Let me put this in perspective for you: So you can see how Somalia stacks up.

''Forests & Other'' in the Somali case it's mostly the baren/desert part that's only 12%.

Somalia has over 8.9Million hectares of arable land. So it's a lot. What makes it more is that a big chunk of it is highly productive

A lot of currently non-arable areas could sustain more farming and baren areas could hold more grazing ground but it's because its becoming increasingly more damaged that the vegetation shrinks or disappears not because of lack rainfall but because of over-grazing, soil depletion from intensive over-use and bad land management.


Somalia has many major advantages over Middle-East and Yemen and is quite unlike it:

Somalia Has More Sustainable Water Sources:
- Rivers & Groundwater: The Jubba & Shabelle Rivers provide reliable water for irrigation, unlike many parts of the Middle East that rely purely on oases or underground aquifers.

- Seasonal Rains & Monsoon Influence: Somalia gets two rainy seasons (Gu & Deyr), meaning that even less watered areas can support pasture and dryland farming. The Middle East lacks these dual seasonal rains.

- Groundwater Reserves: Somalia has extensive underground water reservoirs that historically sustained communities even in dry years.

Shrubs and Grasslands recover faster than the Middle East's Desert
- Unlike the Middle East, most of Somalia isn’t a true desert. When rains return, grass and vegetation regrow rapidly, making it ideal for grazing.

- Degradation is mostly caused by overgrazing and land mismanagement, not just lack of rain. With proper grazing rotation and reforestation efforts, Somalia’s land can support both livestock and agriculture.

Agriculture Exists Even Without Modern Technology
- Terrace Farming in the North: Some areas in Somaliland and Puntland have used traditional water-harvesting techniques similar to Yemen’s mountain agriculture.

- Flood-Based Farming in the South: Farmers along the Jubba and Shabelle Rivers have historically relied on seasonal floods to deposit rich soil, just like the Nile in Egypt.

- Dryland Farming: Sorghum, millet, and drought-resistant crops have thrived in Somalia for centuries without advanced irrigation.

The advantage Somali has over Yemen is that the riverrine regions can support more intensive agriculture and feed the general country and leave room for surplus export,

Somalia has more arable land than Yemen. Jubba & Shabelle Valleys , These fertile regions have historically supported large-scale farming, unlike Yemen, where agriculture is mostly confined to mountainous terraces.

Somalia is more flat therefore has more cultivable land. While Yemen has steep terrain that limits large-scale farming, Somalia’s river valleys allow for mechanized agriculture and larger farms.

Somalia’s river regions and irrigated tributary uplands historically produced enough surplus food to supply local populations and export to Arabia, earning the name the “Grain Coast.”

Yemen mostly produces food for local consumption and struggles with food security.

Somalia still has vast areas along the river valleys that can be developed for farming.
Yemen’s farming is limited by rugged mountains and declining water sources.

Also i would also point out Yemen’s is going through a water crisis. Yemen is running out of groundwater, while Somalia still has untapped reserves for irrigation expansion.

 

[Midas]

Most land is marginal meaning that it's land although covered with vegetation, grass, trees etc it is suitable for grazing livestock and livestock can feed and roam on it. I would estimate that only like 10-20% in Somalia is suitable for large scale farming and around 5% of is currently farmed. It's inline with the global trend of 10-15% land that is arable.

Let me put this in perspective for you: So you can see how Somalia stacks up.
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''Forests & Other'' in the Somali case it's mostly the baren/desert part that's only 12%.

Somalia has over 8.9Million hectares of arable land. So it's a lot. What makes it more is that a big chunk of it is highly productive

A lot of currently non-arable areas could sustain more farming and baren areas could hold more grazing ground but it's because its becoming increasingly more damaged that the vegetation shrinks or disappears not because of lack rainfall but because of over-grazing, soil depletion from intensive over-use and bad land management.


Somalia has many major advantages over Middle-East and Yemen and is quite unlike it:

Somalia Has More Sustainable Water Sources:
- Rivers & Groundwater: The Jubba & Shabelle Rivers provide reliable water for irrigation, unlike many parts of the Middle East that rely purely on oases or underground aquifers.

- Seasonal Rains & Monsoon Influence: Somalia gets two rainy seasons (Gu & Deyr), meaning that even less watered areas can support pasture and dryland farming. The Middle East lacks these dual seasonal rains.

- Groundwater Reserves: Somalia has extensive underground water reservoirs that historically sustained communities even in dry years.

Shrubs and Grasslands recover faster than the Middle East's Desert
- Unlike the Middle East, most of Somalia isn’t a true desert. When rains return, grass and vegetation regrow rapidly, making it ideal for grazing.

- Degradation is mostly caused by overgrazing and land mismanagement, not just lack of rain. With proper grazing rotation and reforestation efforts, Somalia’s land can support both livestock and agriculture.

Agriculture Exists Even Without Modern Technology
- Terrace Farming in the North: Some areas in Somaliland and Puntland have used traditional water-harvesting techniques similar to Yemen’s mountain agriculture.

- Flood-Based Farming in the South: Farmers along the Jubba and Shabelle Rivers have historically relied on seasonal floods to deposit rich soil, just like the Nile in Egypt.

- Dryland Farming: Sorghum, millet, and drought-resistant crops have thrived in Somalia for centuries without advanced irrigation.

The advantage Somali has over Yemen is that the riverrine regions can support more intensive agriculture and feed the general country and leave room for surplus export,

Somalia has more arable land than Yemen. Jubba & Shabelle Valleys , These fertile regions have historically supported large-scale farming, unlike Yemen, where agriculture is mostly confined to mountainous terraces.

Somalia is more Flat therefore has more cultivable land. While Yemen has steep terrain that limits large-scale farming, Somalia’s river valleys allow for mechanized agriculture and larger farms.

Somalia’s riverine regions and irrigated tributary uplands historically produced enough surplus food to supply local populations and export to Arabia, earning the name the “Grain Coast.”

Yemen mostly produces food for local consumption and struggles with food security.

Somalia still has vast areas along the river valleys that can be developed for farming.
Yemen’s farming is limited by rugged mountains and declining water sources.

Also i would say Yemen’s is going through a water crisis. Yemen is running out of groundwater, while Somalia still has untapped reserves for irrigation expansion.

Is it possible that a lot of the productivity of thr shabelle rivers is only recent? I mean we know how that malaria prevented any large scale farming and kept pouplation densities low.

The reason i ask this is that we dont really seem to see any large scale urbanism in the shabelle areas. I mean if this region was producing such a large surplus that it could export it to arabia. Then why wasn't there any large city on the scale of what we found in arabia. Hence my hypothesis that farming increased massively first with thr influx of bantu people who were more resistant to malaria. Then it expanded again with late 19th century advances in medcine so that malaria was easier to deal with

 

[Idilinaa]

Is it possible that a lot of the productivity of thr shabelle rivers is only recent? I mean we know how that malaria prevented any large scale farming and kept pouplation densities low.

The reason i ask this is that we dont really seem to see any large scale urbanism in the shabelle areas. I mean if this region was producing such a large surplus that it could export it to arabia. Then why wasn't there any large city on the scale of what we found in arabia. Hence my hypothesis that farming increased massively first with thr influx of bantu people who were more resistant to malaria. Then it expanded again with late 19th century advances in medcine so that malaria was easier to deal with

North West-Harar Uplands the tributaries of Upper Shabelle river and Middle/Lower Shabelle in Somalia was producing so much food both during the middle ages and early modern period, to support domestic growing populations and export to sustain Arabia.

This is before the introduction of Bantu slaves and Bantus don't exist in Galbeed in the upper part of the river.

From a local Somali Arabic document about pre-19th century period Cassaneli qoutes it.

Portuguese account from the 1500s that mentions grain export from Mogadishu indicating surplus.

So the Shabelle river was highly productive in the past not only in recent times. Literally spent time quoting Medieval Arabic documents detailing the large agricultural production in the thread i shared before: They even compared Shabelle river's productivity to Egypt's Nile river and called ''Mogadishu nile"

Some information on medieval Somali banana and sugar cane cultivation along the shabelle river behind Mogadishu, they call ''Mogadishu nile''. and it's usage in local cuisine
Credit goes to @Hornaristocrat on X/twitter

Quoting from الضوء اللامع لأهل القرن التاسع written by al-Sakhawi in 902AH/1497AD "..they have many Banana trees, and there are several types of them, including one type whose Banana is an arm’s length, they make molasses from it that lasts for more than a year, and they also make sweets from it.."
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Quoting from كتاب الجغرافيا written by أبو الحسن على بن موسى بن سعيد المغربي Written in 685AH/1286AD Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribi mentions that sugar and bananas are cultivated along the Mogadishu Nile, similar to the agricultural practices in Egypt. Additionally, like India, the region also produces lentils and coconuts.

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Here it is said that the crop was introduced from Mogadishu into Yemen.

Quoting from the بغية الفلاحين في الأشجار المثمرة والرياحين written in the 9th Islamic century

: "..my father may God have mercy on him said: and there is a type of it [bananas] called al-maqdasi we were told by some who saw a tree of it in some of our gardens in Taizz during the time of our father.."

Here the Rasulid Sultan al-Afdal al-Abbas (1363–1377) quotes this part from his grandfather Sultan al-Mu'ayyad Da'ud (1296–1322) who wrote this information in his book in 701AH/1301AD, al-Mu'ayyad's book is named ارتفاع الدولة المؤيدية

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Al-Afdal also gives more specifications on these Bananas, like how they are cultivated as well as their original name, as many of you may know the Somali for Bananas (muus) is an Arabic loanword, but here al-Afdal indicates that its ancient Somali name was 'Akhtah' :

"..in my father's handwriting.. he said: The Abyssinians call this Abyssinian banana Akhtah. If they want to multiply it and plant it, they take a plantation of it that has grown to the length of two cubits, and they and would dig its root and take it out, then they would split it [in half] with a knife and take out from each half the pulp that is in it because they say that if they left it, it would prevent the [plant?] that would come out, then they would expose it to the sun for four days until it dries up and shrinks, and after that they would bury each half by itself in a nearby hole the size of a hand span [and] they would sprinkle three or four handfuls of dirt and sheep or cow dung [on it].."

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Molasses is a thick, sweet syrup made from sugarcane or sugar beet, basically a thick syrup which lasts very long.

It is also interesting to note that Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (d. 1311AD) states that the sugarcane and other crops exported from Mogadishu are superior to those found anywhere else in the Sudan (Africa)

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The flood plains, soil composition and lack of stone quarries prevented stone building towns in the Shabelle river regions that you see on the coast (with the exception of Luuq, Harar or Bardhere located near hilly/Buur regions and other older/abandoned commercial settlements located in intersections of caravan trade routes in the wider Ogaden and Northern regions) , but you had large agricultural markets/centers/towns like AwDhegle, Afgoye, Qalafo and others and dense clusters of villages in the many that exceeded the populations in all urban centers put together.

You saw the quotes i shared by Ibn Said and Al-Idrisi mentioning the dense populated Hawiye villages along the banks of the river in the 12th century in connection to the Urban coastal cities like Merca/Mogadishu.

They mostly functioned as densely populated agrarian centers feeding Somalia’s urban commercial hubs rather than forming stone-based cities themselves.

Somalia had 5x the population of Arabia. And also when Somalia's commercial urban centers declined due to European Piracy and Oromo Invasion during the 1600-1700s disrupting trade and rural production so to did Arab coastal towns suffer from the same maritime disruption.

Aden went from 86.000 in the middle ages to barely over 100 people in the early 19th century. So it went through the same revival growth.

 

[Shimbiris]

Did they go down south to flee during the Dervish Era?? My moms side also went down south too

Can't be 100% sure. Will ask the fam sometime for more details but I was told growing up that some of my mother's maternal ancestors did clash with the Sayyid and in fact wound up dead in some cases. Can I see definitively that that is why they headed south? No, but it's possible.

 

[Idilinaa]

I fully agree with you. Not just banning of aid they need to also put tariff on certain agricultural products from outside of Somali to protect local markets & industries so that people don't import cheaper substitutes and give premium to native produce particularly certain food crops and seeds adapted to the Somali environments rather than reliance on cash crops and give subsidies to local farmers to make things more affordable.

This is the particular downside of not really having a functioning public sector but only a strong private sector. Because before 1990 like you said Somali government regulated the market and encouraged domestic food crop produce

"As a result , sorghum production increased 87 percent ... As a result in years of adequate rainfall, Somalia was largely self-sufficient in maize and sorghum"
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They actually estimated the rural subsistence food sector in 1978 after the Ogaden War and Somalia was virtually self-sufficient.

"Somalia's rural subsistence sector produced sufficient grain and animal products(mostly milk) to sustain the country's growing population, including it's massive refugee population"
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It's largely due to the government prioritizing food security and domestic production for local food consumption rather than export/import driven agricultural policy in the immediate sense.

@Abaq @Shimbiris @𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈 @Midas

Military government agricultural investments, a significant portion of it is drawn from local revenues which exceeded the FDI of the former regime.

They set up cooperative farms in the arable land in the high plateau of Waaqoyi Galbeed (Gabiley, Borama, Hargeisa districts)

They also updated people with modern equipment tractors, centers, offices, garages and they created grain storage's, the surpluses that remained they stashed away .

These farms experienced successive years of surplus production.

They in the process made northern Somalia entirely self-sufficient in grain production. So it goes to show whats possible with the right market protection, regulation, storage/production and investment strategy

Today Somali has the advantage of more domestic revenues sources and diaspora investment

Somali diaspora investment in both Agriculture and Livestock. Acts as dual investors.

. This is a chart from 2017.

Somali Diaspora Investment Fuels Growth: A Snapshot

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Shown an example of this in a different thread how in Hargeisa they have opened up local agricultural fresh produce markets where they sell locally sourced produce . And it's a venture capital firm that invested in expanding this.

I looked at the tiktok account for example the same girl in that video shows they set up agricultural markets in Hargeisa to bring in fresh local produce.

I also looked up the company name. Apparently it is locally sourced produce aimed at boosting local agriculture

It is funded by a venture capitalist firm called Bilow Capital.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Turning desert sand into fertile farm land using nature: metamorphoses and osmosis, ingenuity at its finest.

Inspiration: biodynamic farming courtesy of Alan Chadwick.
A book of interest: Small is beautiful & Enchanted garden by A Chadwick

 

[peterpeter]

How is a minority with no political and economic power supposed to help feed the nation? Do Somalis not even care about becoming food independent or do we want to live off US food aid for the next 50 years?

Pride comes before the fall, but somehow even after the fall in 1991, we are still too good to do farming.

hes so dumb ignore him

 

[Idilinaa]

Today Somali has the advantage of more domestic revenues sources and diaspora investment

Somali diaspora investment in both Agriculture and Livestock. Acts as dual investors.

. This is a chart from 2017.

Somali Diaspora Investment Fuels Growth: A Snapshot

issuu.com

Shown an example of this in a different thread how in Hargeisa they have opened up local agricultural fresh produce markets where they sell locally sourced produce . And it's a venture capital firm that invested in expanding this.

Agro-business conglomerates.

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Thanks to these types of businesses and investments it has revived Banana export market

Somalia is back on the international banana market

A few decades ago, Somalia was a major exporter of bananas. Then years of civil war interrupted the expeditions. The resumption of exports just came a few days ago with the shipment of bananas to Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Agriculture has announced the resumption of banana...

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It has also become the 8th largest sesame producer in the world back i 2020

Somalia remains eighth-largest sesame producer in the world

MOGADISHU (HOL) - Somalia is known globally as the largest exporter of live animals most of them heading to the Middle East markets but little is known about the country’s production of sesame seeds.

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Along with dried limes and lemons

Somali lemons and sesame find new export markets in Turkey

(ERGO) - Somali farmers and exporters have started selling local agricultural produce to a new market in Turkey, with the

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Somalia today also has a very strong seed sector

Somalia’s Surprisingly Strong Seed Sector - Seed Systems Group

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[Zak12]

Herding aka ranching will be the majority, while agriculture will play a smaller role but a very significant one.

This reminds me of an article I read about settling nomads via a natural process of ranching. Its pretty interesting in case you haven't already read it

Settling the Somali Nomads (Prosperity, part 1) - MoreSomalia

This is the first of 3 articles about how to mix the Somali people in order to achieve prosperity. To get an overview of this series, see the overview article here. This article aims to provide an insight on why it is important for the nomads in Somalia to be settled in order to achieve

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Here are other related articles from the same site.

How to achieve prosperity, economic independence and unity in Somalia - MoreSomalia

For a long time, Somalia has been considered a fragile state. Since the Somali Civil war broke out in the 1990s the country has faced many issues. It often ranks at the extreme end of poverty, corruption, mortality, and safety statistics. The consequence has been a country divided based on...

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[Soul Kaizer]

Turning desert sand into fertile farm land using nature: metamorphoses and osmosis, ingenuity at its finest.

Inspiration: biodynamic farming courtesy of Alan Chadwick.
A book of interest: Small is beautiful & Enchanted garden by A Chadwick

If Allah gives me strength this will be my plan to re-green parts of Somalia when im older Inshallah.

 

[KingKalbi]

How does Somalia have more agricultural land than Ethiopia, especially since both of Somalia rivers come through Ethiopia?

I think because the highlands are incredibly rocky and there isn’t that much flat land which is better for agriculture. Just a guess I’m not really sure tbh.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

If Allah gives me strength this will be my plan to re-green parts of Somalia when im older Inshallah.

Brilliant plan, but not with that pout, fag, and rifle - as per your pfp. Quips aside, it is the best plan, easier than you might imagine. Word to the wise, wait not till retirement, and instead, however little, put an active plan in motion towards realising that dream.