AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK
Water deliveries end for drought-displaced people in Buhodle
(ERGO) - Around 1,000 drought-hit families in three areas in northern Buhodle are facing water scarcity after water deliveries from aid...
Mobile money baffles pastoralists in central Somalia
(ERGO) - The collapse of the local shilling is forcing pastoralists from remote parts of central Somalia to grapple with...
Drought stress brings women into livestock market jobs in central Somalia
(ERGO) - Farhiya Mohamed Ali, a single mother of four children, quickly picked up the tough negotiating skills needed to...
Surge in charcoal production raises concern in drought-torn Gedo region of southern Somalia
(ERGO) - Drought-hit families living on the outskirts of El-waq, in southern Somalia’s Gedo region, have been turning to cutting forests...
Lower Juba farmers hope for better harvests with new irrigation equipment
Yarow Sheikh Abdi, 56, is looking forward to reviving his own small farming business after three years of earning a...
Nugal farmers switch from vegetables to cereal crops as water remains short
Farmers in Jibagalle village in drought-hit Nugal region have turned from vegetable to cereal crop production due to the shortage...
Qansadhere farmers want AMISOM off their land
(ERGO) - Farmers in Qansadhere in southern Somalia’s Bay region are demanding their land back from an Ethiopian contingent of African...
Severe water crisis affects Shabelle farmers
More than 2,500 hectares of cereals and vegetables planted on farms in Afgoye, Jannale, Qoryoolay and Kurtunwarey districts in southern...
Animals dying of disease in ‘neglected’ area of Middle Shabelle
Herders in Mahaday district of southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region complain that they are losing their goats to an outbreak...
Woeful harvests in Somaliland lead to food shortages
Food production on small farms across Somaliland fell by around 75 per cent last year due to the prolonged drought...
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