FOA pledges more support to Somaliland’s agricultural sector

[Deeq A.]

By Ahmed Abdi

Hargeisa – We will improve food security by investing in agriculture, FAO Representative in Somalia Dr. Daniele Donati announced after a meeting with Somaliland’s Vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail at Presidential Palace in Hargeisa on Tuesday.

“In collaboration with Somaliland, we will invest in agriculture sector so that we will be able to save the peoples’ lives and their livelihoods” Caalami News quoted Dr. Donati as saying.

The FOA Representative departed to Gabilay to monitor the damages caused by droughts to agricultural crops and listened to the small smallholder farmers in the region.

Mr. Donati pledged to support the people to overcome the recurrent droughts in the region.

Agriculture contributes 65-70 percent to Somalia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to aid agencies and donors.