2017 there is probably going to be another drought.
Somaliland would go from semi arid to desert in the next 5-10 years.
We have water and we have sunlight. Wallahi the "use it or lost it" term applies to Somalia in every which way. I hope the next generation invests in Agro
This is certainly a possibility, but in much of Somaliland there is little to no soil left to support anything worthwhilThe land may get enough rain to even support sorghum, but the soil has eroded to the bedrock in many places. It is very sad because soil when it is gone does not come back.
That area in red in Somaliland probably has upwards of 1 million people, most of whom are pastoralists who cannot stop degrading the land without losing their only source of income.
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