By M.A. Egge
The Ministry of Agriculture Development celebrated the World Food Day in Hargeisa, on October 16, which is a day that the whole world observes.
This year’s celebration of the World Food Day organized by the Ministry of Agricultural Development saw attendance by most of the agricultural production cooperatives in the regions and districts of the Republic of Somaliland, presenting the different crops of the year.
This time round the exhibition participants expressed the pros and cons in the challenges they meet in food production within the country.
In one voice, they all sought for subsidy seeds from the ministry and also asked for modern training.
While some decried lack of underground water and only planted subsistence crops during the rainy seasons only, some said that they had ground water available in their areas hence used them for irrigation.
Agricultural officials present vouched for the fact that the government would always stand by the farmers at all times to see that the sector is boosted and bolstered.
They urged the farmers to step up their efforts and at the same time do their best to combat soil erosion.
They noted that the country had large swaths of land that is fertile enough and very conducive to fledging agricultural production.