Project Name：Improving Production and Quality of Vegetables and Fruits in Somaliland

Project status：Completed projects

Cooperating Country：Africa, Somaliland

Project Description：

Impacted by extreme climate events, Somaliland's traditional livestock-based agricultural activities have suffered from drought and locust outbreaks. Furthermore, epidemic animal diseases have restricted exports to Gulf countries, which has impacted national finance and rural livelihoods. Traditional cereals such as sorghum, maize, and millet are produced for domestic consumption, but vegetable and fruit production are limited by materials, equipment, and techniques. Because of low production and poor quality, vegetable and fruit production cannot be a major alternative source of livelihood. To echo SDG 2 and SDG 17, this project intends to cooperate with Somaliland's Ministry of Agriculture to focus on vegetable and fruit production zones and improve techniques, increase production, build capacity for extension staffs and farmers, upgrade the post-harvest process, and link farmer organizations and markets, in order to achieve local consumption and reduce imports. The project objectives include establishing a demonstration farm for demo and training, providing services to selected vegetable and fruit production zones, providing training for female vendors in the market, and assisting extension officials with capacity building.

Project No：TT-310-2021-023

Implementation Start Date：2021-01-01

Implementation End Date：2025-12-31

Project Objectives：The project aims to increase the production and quality of vegetables and fruits in selected zones through establishment of demonstration farms and technical support, and to increase farmers' incomes by 20 percent.

Executing Agency：

Taiwan Technical Mission in Somaliland / Ministry of Agriculture of Somaliland

Current Progress：

By the end of December 2025, the following activities are being implemented:

1. A 2-hectare fruit and vegetable production demonstration farm has been established, introducing and trialing new crop varieties. A total of 4,978 farmer visits and exchange participants have been recorded through farm visits and technical exchanges.
2. A cumulative total of 439,712 high-quality seedlings have been propagated and supplied to support local production.
3. 2 counterpart staff from the Ministry of Agriculture in Somaliland have been trained to enhance irrigated crop cultivation and agricultural extension capacities. In addition, 2 pesticide use manuals, 2 crop cultivation manuals, and 1 seed manual have been developed.
4. Technical guidance has been provided to 5 beneficiary farmer groups, with 838 farmer guidance visits conducted. Improved cultivation techniques have been promoted across a total of 483 hectares of fruit and vegetable production zones.
5. 200 farmers have been assisted in establishing drip irrigation systems for water-efficient fruit and vegetable production.
6. A total of 17 agricultural training workshops have been conducted, benefiting 844 participants, to strengthen the technical capacities of extension officers and farmers.
7. 8 agricultural achievement field observation events have been organized, with a total participation of 751 participants, facilitating experience sharing and technology dissemination.
8. 5 farmers with basic production capacity have been selected to receive capacity building in post-harvest handling and quality management.
9. Training has been provided to women engaged in fruit and vegetable marketing to improve produce display quality in shops and extend product shelf life, thereby strengthening local market supply chains.

Project Contact：Mr. Chen

Phone：+886-2-28732323 ext.6053

E-mail：c.y.chen@icdf.org.tw

Mission：Taiwan Technical Mission in the Republic of Somaliland