Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations's video: Supporting smallholder farmers to improve Somalia s rural food systems

The agricultural sector is key to Somalia’s economy, but it is hampered by low productivity, high post-harvest loses and increasing climate volatility. To improve food security and livelihoods in Somalia, FAO trained extension workers on how to train small-scale famers the best way of cultivating the land. Yaqub Buule Ali is an agriculture extension worker from Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. For the past three years, Yaqub has worked with over 2000 local farmers to improve their agricultural productivity and food security. This was made possible with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation through the "Resilience, Inclusive and Competitive Agriculture Value Chain Development in Southern and Central Regions of Somalia (OUTREACH II)" project. Through this European Union (EU) funded initiative, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) connected smallholder farmers to more competitive value chains and strengthened Government support to rural communities. Through this project, FAO established extension centers in Hirshabelle, Jubaland and South West State and regularly trained extension workers using the facilities provided by the project. Federal and State level Agriculture Ministry staff continue to use these skills obtained through the project to provide agricultural extension services to farmers. Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=FAOoftheUN Follow FAO on social media! * Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UNFAO * Instagram - https://instagram.com/fao * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/fao * TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fao * Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/fao/ * Weibo - https://www.weibo.com/unfao © FAO: http://www.fao.org