{"id":3280,"date":"2019-07-10T22:33:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T22:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2019-07-11T06:41:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T06:41:09","slug":"somali-coffee-farmers-vexed-by-poor-roads-and-transport-in-puntland-mountain-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/07\/10\/somali-coffee-farmers-vexed-by-poor-roads-and-transport-in-puntland-mountain-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali coffee farmers vexed by poor roads and transport in Puntland"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAROWE (SoOHA) –<\/strong> Rough terrain and impassable roads\u00a0<\/span>are reducing profits for small scale<\/span>Somali<\/span>\u00a0coffee farmers\u00a0<\/span>in Puntland.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0farmers in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Al<\/span>\u2013<\/span>Madow<\/span>\u00a0m<\/span>ountain<\/span>\u00a0range, stretching west from\u00a0<\/span>Bossaso<\/span>\u00a0to the northwest of\u00a0<\/span>Erigavo<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>are forced to use donkeys to<\/span>\u00a0transport their\u00a0<\/span>coffee beans<\/span>\u00a0to a<\/span>n accessible<\/span>\u00a0transit\u00a0<\/span>point<\/span>, where\u00a0<\/span>they pay commercial lorries for onward transport to the\u00a0<\/span>northern port city of\u00a0<\/span>Bossaso<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mukhtar Abdullahi<\/span>\u00a0Isse<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0who lives\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Dadan<\/span>\u00a0village<\/span>, has<\/span>\u00a0two\u00a0<\/span>plots<\/span>\u00a0measuring 2.5 hectares with 5<\/span>,<\/span>000\u00a0<\/span>coffee tree<\/span>s<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0He<\/span>\u00a0inherited the farm from his parents\u00a0<\/span>and has been\u00a0<\/span>growing<\/span>\u00a0coffee for 18 years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>This year we are hoping to get a good\u00a0<\/span>harvest as the area received\u00a0<\/span>adequate<\/span>\u00a0rainfall. After selling t<\/span>his produce, I expect to\u00a0<\/span>make<\/span>\u00a0$<\/span>5,000<\/span>\u2013<\/span>6,000 from each\u00a0<\/span>plot<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Mukhtar could be earning much more if transportation was more efficient.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u00a0<\/span>uses three donkey<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>take his\u00a0<\/span>produce<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>Markad<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the transit\u00a0<\/span>village<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>35<\/span>\u00a0km\u00a0<\/span>away.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The mount<\/span>ain\u00a0<\/span>terrain\u00a0<\/span>is rough\u00a0<\/span>with narrow steep cliffs<\/span>\u00a0so we only load two\u00a0<\/span>30 kg\u00a0<\/span>bags on\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>each<\/span>\u00a0donkey and we try to balance\u00a0<\/span>them\u00a0<\/span>to avoid them falling off,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he explained.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Mukhtar\u00a0<\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>harvested 70 bags of\u00a0<\/span>coffee\u00a0<\/span>beans.\u00a0<\/span>It costs $8 per bag for the lorry transport to\u00a0<\/span>Bossaso<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0He has paid to send\u00a0<\/span>20 bags\u00a0<\/span>so far to\u00a0<\/span>Bossaso<\/span>\u00a0but the\u00a0<\/span>vehicle<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0are few and he is having to wait a long time to ship the rest.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ismail Muse<\/span>, another coffee farmer<\/span>\u00a0in Mayer<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0depends on\u00a0<\/span>two donkeys to\u00a0<\/span>carry his bags of\u00a0<\/span>coffee\u00a0<\/span>beans the\u00a0<\/span>50 km\u00a0<\/span>from his farm to\u00a0<\/span>Markad<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0This season,\u00a0<\/span>he<\/span>\u00a0harvested 48 bags<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>There is no way through the mountains where my farm is located<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0so I have to use my donkeys to take\u00a0<\/span>the bags to\u00a0<\/span>the villag<\/span>e for transportation to\u00a0<\/span>Bossaso<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he\u00a0<\/span>said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ismail<\/span>\u00a0told Radio Ergo that\u00a0<\/span>farmers sell one kg of coffee at $2 to m<\/span>iddlemen in\u00a0<\/span>Bossaso<\/span>,<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>res<\/span>ell it for<\/span>\u00a0$5 to consumers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are o<\/span>ver<\/span>\u00a060<\/span>\u00a0coffee farms in\u00a0<\/span>the villages in\u00a0<\/span>Lasqor<\/span>ay<\/span>\u00a0district<\/span>\u00a0that use\u00a0<\/span>Markad<\/span>\u00a0as the transit for transport to the main market in\u00a0<\/span>Bossaso<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>round<\/span>\u00a0200km\u00a0<\/span>away.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Puntland<\/span>\u2019s State M<\/span>inister for Agriculture<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Abdirashid<\/span>\u00a0Ali\u00a0<\/span>Gelle<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0said the government\u00a0<\/span>planned\u00a0<\/span>to improve roads<\/span>\u00a0and transportation<\/span>\u00a0in the region<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We are committed to construct<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0roads in those areas and that is one of our priorities. We want\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>encou<\/span>rage the farmers to increase\u00a0<\/span>their production\u00a0<\/span>to reduce imports<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GAROWE (SoOHA) – Rough terrain and impassable roads\u00a0are reducing profits for small scaleSomali\u00a0coffee farmers\u00a0in Puntland.\u00a0 The\u00a0farmers in\u00a0the\u00a0Al\u2013Madow\u00a0mountain\u00a0range, stretching west from\u00a0Bossaso\u00a0to the northwest of\u00a0Erigavo,\u00a0are forced to use donkeys to\u00a0transport their\u00a0coffee beans\u00a0to an accessible\u00a0transit\u00a0point, where\u00a0they pay commercial lorries for onward transport to the\u00a0northern port city of\u00a0Bossaso.\u00a0 Mukhtar Abdullahi\u00a0Isse,\u00a0who lives\u00a0in\u00a0Dadan\u00a0village, has\u00a0two\u00a0plots\u00a0measuring 2.5 hectares with 5,000\u00a0coffee trees.\u00a0He\u00a0inherited the farm …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-food-security-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3283,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions\/3283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}