I noticed that farms are starting to pop up all over Somalia specifically the south in places were there used to be no farms, are more clans becoming agricultural or are the same clans just “breeding like rabbits”
Isn’t the north pretty dry compared to the south? Shouldn’t all the farmers ideally move to the south where the land is better?More people probably making the shift. Some of my own relatives are involved with projects in Puntland and Somaliland that work to help pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and traditional farmers make a full shift toward being settled, modernized farmers. They've succeeded in shifting over a lot of people over the years.
Personally, I'd also push them toward more regenerative ranching and farming like rotational grazing, more perennial or perennial mixed cropping and techniques like crop rotation. Make Somalia an organic, locally grown food superpower, saxiibs.
Generally true for most of SL yes, however the Southwestern territories (Borama, Gabiley and parts of southern Hargeisa) are more than fit for farming. Sorghum, corn and common fruits/vegetables are grown locally. Most of the tribes inhabiting those lands are farmers as well as cattle and camel herders. It is also true for most of west DDSI.Isn’t the north pretty dry compared to the south? Shouldn’t all the farmers ideally move to the south where the land is better?
How you gonna get the water, drilling? If wheels can sustain farmland then how there water shortages in North Somalia?It's mainly diaspora that are investing in farm lands and introducing their cousins back home to the practice, alhamdulillah. It's a trend in somaliland and puntland and soon in the near future desertification will be a thing of the past in north somalia. South somalia has tons of farmland that is currently in use.
I myself am farming in sanaag but i haven't decided which crops to grow yet. I'm still testing out different crops and rotating them yearly.
We dig boreholes and wells my brother. There are those who do in this life and those who don't. Lets stop making excuses. Also planting trees has helped to recycle the water and stop surface run off and evaporation on our farms.How you gonna get the water, drilling? If wheels can sustain farmland then how there water shortages in North Somalia?
So there a lot of ground waters in that region?We dig boreholes and wells my brother. There are those who do in this life and those who don't. Lets stop making excuses. Also planting trees has helped to recycle the water and stop surface run off and evaporation on our farms.
Yes as long as you collect it properly it is enough for the entire year.So there a lot of ground waters in that region?
My Subclan are still nomads todayMore people probably making the shift. Some of my own relatives are involved with projects in Puntland and Somaliland that work to help pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and traditional farmers make a full shift toward being settled, modernized farmers. They've succeeded in shifting over a lot of people over the years.
Personally, I'd also push them toward more regenerative ranching and farming like rotational grazing, more perennial or perennial mixed cropping and techniques like crop rotation. Make Somalia an organic, locally grown food superpower, saxiibs.
The only Agro-pastoral land in the North, the only other places that come close or even better are the Sorghum high potential Agro-pastoral Middle shabelle & the Bay/Bakool Low potential Agro-pastoral lands in the South. They’re better off due to the rivers flowing through. If we had been blessed with atleast 1 river through Borama-Gabiley-Hargeisa we’d be fit enough to feed the whole North + K5.Generally true for most of SL yes, however the Southwestern territories (Borama, Gabiley and parts of southern Hargeisa) are more than fit for farming. Sorghum, corn and common fruits/vegetables are grown locally. Most of the tribes inhabiting those lands are farmers as well as cattle and camel herders. It is also true for most of west DDSI.
But obviously, the nature of the land is very different from southern Somalia’s riverine states. I guess you won’t see the same type of farms there.