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23 February 2023
 Mogadishu – Over 100 young people have received scholarships to study livestock programs to bolster technical capacity within key productive sector 102 students received scholarships to be trained in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry courses in an event held in Mogadishu this week. The initiative allows the scholars to study at the...
20 February 2023
The refurbished buildings of the Ministry of Livestock, Forestry and Range will promote improved management and technical capacity in the federal ministry for sustainable livestock management Mogadishu – Improved and refurbished offices of the Ministry of Livestock Forestry, and Range were inaugurated in Mogadishu today. The initiative will help to improve...
08 February 2023
The centre will build local capacity to manage Desert Locusts in the future Hargeisa – His Excellency, the Vice President of Somaliland, and Mr. Ezana Kassa, Head of Programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have officially opened the first Pest Control Centre in Somaliland. The...
26 January 2023
The ongoing climate crisis exacerbated by economic shocks has shown how indispensable agriculture is to the Somali economy and has also highlighted just how vulnerable smallholder farmers in Somalia are to climate hazards. In the face of recurrent floods and prolonged drought, farmers struggle to produce sufficient crops to meet...
08 December 2022
The drought in Somalia has had a devastating impact on the lives of many rural pastoral communities dependent on livestock as their main source of livelihood. Extreme drought, compounded with animal diseases, has killed around 3 million livestock and left others weak and emaciated, contributing to the displacement of thousands...