{"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":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>GAROWE (SoOHA) &#8211;<\/strong> Rough terrain and impassable roads\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are reducing profits for small scale<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Somali<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0coffee farmers\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in Puntland.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0farmers in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Madow<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ountain<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">range, stretching west from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bossaso<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to the northwest of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Erigavo<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are forced to use donkeys to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0transport their\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">coffee beans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n accessible<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0transit\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">point<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, where\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">they pay commercial lorries for onward transport to the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">northern port city of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bossaso<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mukhtar Abdullahi<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Isse<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0who lives\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dadan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0village<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0two\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">plots<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0measuring 2.5 hectares with 5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">000\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">coffee tree<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0He<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0inherited the farm from his parents\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and has been\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">growing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0coffee for 18 years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year we are hoping to get a good\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">harvest as the area received\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">adequate<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0rainfall. After selling t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his produce, I expect to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">make<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">$<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5,000<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6,000 from each\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">plot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, Mukhtar could be earning much more if transportation was more efficient.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uses three donkey<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">take his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">produce<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Markad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">the transit\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">village<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">35<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">km\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">away.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The mount<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ain\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">terrain\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is rough\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with narrow steep cliffs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0so we only load two\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">30 kg\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bags on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">each<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0donkey and we try to balance\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">them\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to avoid them falling off,\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he explained.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Mukhtar\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">harvested 70 bags of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">coffee\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">beans.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It costs $8 per bag for the lorry transport to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bossaso<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0He has paid to send\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">20 bags\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so far to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bossaso<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">but the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vehicle<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">are few and he is having to wait a long time to ship the rest.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ismail Muse<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, another coffee farmer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in Mayer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0depends on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">two donkeys to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">carry his bags of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">coffee\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">beans the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">50 km\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from his farm to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Markad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">This season,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0harvested 48 bags<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There is no way through the mountains where my farm is located<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0so I have to use my donkeys to take\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the bags to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the villag<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e for transportation to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bossaso<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ismail<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0told Radio Ergo that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">farmers sell one kg of coffee at $2 to m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">iddlemen in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bossaso<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">who\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">res<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ell it for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0$5 to consumers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ver<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a060<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0coffee farms in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the villages in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lasqor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ay<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0district<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that use\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Markad<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as the transit for transport to the main market in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bossaso<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">round<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0200km\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">away.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Puntland<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s State M<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">inister for Agriculture<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abdirashid<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Ali\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gelle<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said the government\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">planned\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to improve roads<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and transportation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the region<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are committed to construct<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0roads in those areas and that is one of our priorities. We want\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">encou<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rage the farmers to increase\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their production\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to reduce imports<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAROWE (SoOHA) &#8211; 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 &hellip;<\/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":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GAROWE (SoOHA) - Rough terrain and impassable roads are reducing profits for small scaleSomali coffee farmers in Puntland. 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