AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK
Locusts and failed rains bring double losses to Amaara farmers in central Somalia
(ERGO) - Nuuro Mohamed Hussein, 55, is worried about how she will manage to meet the needs of her family...
Voracious locusts drive Somali farmers away in Dalyare, Lasanod
(ERGO) - Abdirahman Mohamed, a farmer in Dalyare in northern Somalia’s Sool region, watched helplessly as his four hectares of...
Cattle die from preventable disease as ‘stubborn’ Somali herders refuse to pay for vaccines
(ERGO) – Mahad Abdullahi Ashkir, a cattle herder living on the outskirts of Balanballe in the central Somali region of Galgadud,...
New water dams allow Somaliland pastoralists to stay put in their villages
(ERGO) - Worries about finding water for his livestock and his family are not bothering Somaliland pastoralist Muhumed Qalinle Adan...
Somali herders in Puntland produce animal fodder to boost drought-resilience
(ERGO) Agro-pastoralists in the Somali state of Puntland have begun using machines to produce animal fodder for use in times...
Federal and State officials in Somalia ready to battle new Locust swarms
(ERGO) - Somali authorities have declared that they are better prepared than before to fight the new generation of locusts,...
Dispossessed herders in central regions take up farming
(ERGO) – Over 70 former nomadic families in Bangeelle in central Somalia’s Galgadud have taken up farming, after losing their...
Somaliland farmers lose everything to new plague of locusts
(ERGO) - Farmers in Awdal and Salal regions of Somaliland are seeing their crops and their livelihoods eaten up in...
Farmers in central Somalia snap up used tyres to battle new locust swarms
(ERGO) - Old tyres are in high demand in parts of central Somalia’s Galgadud region, as farmers prepare to fight...
Farmers in southwestern Somalia harvest unripe cereals to beat locust invasion
(ERGO) - Small farmers in the southwestern Somali district of Baidoa have been rushing to harvest their precious cereal crops...
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