Prior to the 1990s civil unrest Somalian agriculture was highly functional and the bread-basket of the whole of East Africa, in large part due to government intervention and the renovation of the canals and irrigation systems.
The restoration of Somalian agriculture as the best in Africa once again could come sooner rather than later because of the question of how Brazil, China and other ‘rising powers’ may change Somalian agricultural development which is critical and timely.
The rising powers are growing sources of development finance and offer developing countries a combination of private investment, lending, trade and cooperation arrangements that is gradually challenging the rules of the game of the global aid architecture.
Somalia is a major destination of the rising powers’ diplomatic and economic ventures, and agriculture a leading topic for development cooperation activities. While most people are investing in real estate at the moment in Somalia, there’s no doubt the tide of investments will soon move to the agricultural sector kulmiye haji” a tractor hire company owner in afgooye said.
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