AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK
Central Somali pastoralists migrate far from home in bid to save their livestock from drought
(ERGO) - Desperate to save his ailing livestock, Nur Abdi Kulmiye moved with his family of six to Habasweyne, a...
Mudug farmers have no seeds to plant as rain begins
(ERGO) - “It is the farming season and the rains have started, but we don’t have anything to plant!” Ali...
New seeds and tools bring new hope for Galgadud farmers hit by locusts
(ERGO) - Abdihakin Duhul Hassan suffered three waves of devastating attacks by locusts on his small farm in central Somalia’s...
Efforts to control spread of livestock disease across Somalia’s southwestern borders
(ERGO) - Somalia’s South West state livestock ministry has recorded the deaths of 3,000 livestock from diseases in El Barde,...
Bakool families devastated by locusts get seeds to replant their farms
(ERGO) - Ali Mohamed Adan, a farmer in El Barde, in southwestern Somalia’s Bakool region, has started farming again thanks...
Drought forces pastoralists to seek jobs on lemon farms in Gedo
(ERGO) - Ali Hassan Mohamed left behind his family of six with their last few sickly goats in the parched...
Seeds and cash give fresh hope to flood-hit Shabelle farmers in Jowhar
(ERGO) - Nearly a year after river floods washed away his crops for the fourth consecutive time, Nuh Adan Ahmed...
Animal fodder made from parasite plant saves Somaliland pastoralists
(ERGO) - Usame Hassan Abdullahi has been able to keep his 15 cows alive during the harsh dry month of...
Somali farmers in Hiran lose crops once again to pests
(ERGO) - Nur Magan Mahdi planted tomatoes, pumpkin, watermelons, and maize in early January on his farm in southern Somalia’s...
Somaliland pastoralists losing livestock as they trek in search of water and pasture
(ERGO) - Mohamed Sahal Loodoon, 78, left Ruqi village in Baki district on 26 February with his weak livestock in...
