AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK
Mass goat vaccinations in central Somalia welcomed by pastoralists
(ERGO) - Around 2.2 million goats in central Somalia regions are targeted to receive vaccination from the deadly contagious caprine...
Somali farmers in Afgoye cut down lemon orchards as market shrinks
Farmers in southwestern Somalia’s Afgoye, in Lower Shabelle region, have been cutting down their lemon orchards because they are unable...
Locusts travel south to Somalia’s Gedo region leaving a trail of destroyed farms
Swarms of locusts have invaded farms and grazing land in 22 villages in southern Somalia’s Bardera district in Gedo, one...
Locusts add to the woes of Somali farmers in flood-hit Hiran region
(ERGO) - Farmers in central Somalia’s Hiran region, whose farms were submerged by recent floods, are having to contend with...
Pastoralists in central Somalia’s Mudug sell off their last animals and move to towns
(ERGO) - Many pastoralist households in the Mudug region of central Somalia are giving up their traditional livelihoods to settle...
Somali herders in Mudug lose hope as ‘lifeline’ camels die from preventable disease
(ERGO) - Ahmed Ali Hashi has seen 19 of his precious camels dying in front of him in the past...
Rains cause havoc as flash floods hit Puntland
(ERGO) - Abdirashid Said Hassan lost his whole herd of 500 goats in Garmal village, Dangoroyo district in northern Somalia’s...
Youth step in to avert river floods in southern Somalia’s Afgoye town
(ERGO) - A group of Somali youth in Lower Shabelle’s agricultural town, Afgoye, have joined hands to build flood-barriers to protect...
Somali herders helpless against locusts devouring grasslands
(ERGO) - Villagers in central Somalia have been banging tins, shooting guns, and praying to try to ward off swarms...
Somali farmers in Gedo lose livelihoods to Juba river floods
(ERGO) - “I had grown different vegetables that I was going to harvest in November and sell in the town,...
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