AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK
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...
Central Somalia families left stranded as mobile network closes in their area
(ERGO) - Shukri Abdulqadir Dirie, a livestock trader in central Somalia’s Galgadud region, has not been able to buy or...
Conflict along Hiran-Galmudug road affects jobs and local markets
(ERGO) - A spate of violent attacks on public transport vehicles plying routes between southern Somalia’s Hiran and Galmudug regions...
Small harvests for the few Baidoa farmers who beat back the locusts
(ERGO) - Ali Ahmed Ali, who owns a three-hectare farm on the outskirts of the southern Somali town of Baidoa,...
Double jeopardy for locust-hit Somali farmers in Luq
(ERGO) - Around 21 small farms in a village in Luq district in southern Somalia’s Gedo region burnt down, as farmers...
Mosquito nets save Somali farmers from locusts
(ERGO) - Farmers in central Somalia are using mosquito netting in an inventive way of protecting their crops from voracious locusts...
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