Agriculture land by country, Africa

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If Allah gives me strength this will be my plan to re-green parts of Somalia when im older Inshallah.

Reforestation and Vegetation Restoration is very important.

In many flood-prone areas, soil erosion worsens the flooding problem. Restoring forests and planting vegetation can slow down the flow of rainwater and allow for better absorption into the ground so you would be doing communities in Somalia a great favor.

 

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Regions shown are Hiraan, Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle, Middle Juba , Lower Juba



The town of Afmadow

 

[Idilinaa]

Regions shown are Hiraan, Middle Shabelle, Lower Shabelle, Middle Juba , Lower Juba

The town of Afmadow

Cool concept post i made to @Shimbiris for native agricultural town/village build out and landscaping.

I feel like towns like Afmadow , Jowhar, Beledweyne and others could fit this. They can use modern hydrological systems to redirect the water to prevent flooding and use it sprinkle areas around it

I also think another good idea we can have next to these dome dwellings or we definitely need to recreate the carrish and perhaps even the Mundhul somewhere else in the lush river areas or the green mountains. It be like walking through a native village. I feel like
Cariish would fit the mold since they are built to be multi-room complex.

I noticed that in Japan they have villages where they stil use tatched-roofs on houses, it's like a blend of modern and pre-modern.

Some articles on this how in the rural villages(tuulo) and smaller towns in agricultural areas they try to keep the thatched building style alive

Hidden in the hills, the Japanese villages where thatching lives on

In a nation better known for futuristic cities, a cluster of small villages is clinging to the ancient traditions of thatching

www.ft.com

Free access

https://archive.is/20240824051944/https://www.ft.com/content/e3498506-3c01-41d6-81dc-16e473b0de42

Japan also deals with flooding as well in the rural country side similar to Somalia almost.

Where 850.000 where displaced in the southern part of the country

At least 2 killed, 850,000 people evacuated as record rains cause floods in southern Japan

Torrential rains caused floods and landslides on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Wednesday, killing at least two people and prompting authorities to issue a rare emergency warning and evacuation orders for nearly 850,000 people. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at...

www.straitstimes.com

I am just showing this, to show that climate catastrophes like flooding can happen almost anywhere. It is most severe in the southern part of Somalia due to the flood plains of shabelle river.

Whats interesting is that the Japanese government built these temporary housing units called " kasetsu jutaku" in times of natural disasters and crisis, that they evacuate people into.

They also have ways to divert the river floods by allowing water to overflow into nearby rice paddies and retention basin areas.

Traditional Flood Control “Kasumi-tei” - Chikuma, Japan | Inspired by Nature-based Action and Solutions (INAS) -Showcase NbS

INAS showcases Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for policymakers, practitioners, and local communities. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously...

ap-plat.nies.go.jp

Kasumi-tei, discontinuous open levees, are one example of using traditional knowledge to reduce river floodings. Kasumi-tei reduce the impacts of floodings by releasing part of the flow smoothly through breaks between the sub-levees. Kasumi-tei form a flood control mechanism that have historically been developed to suit the topography and climate of Japan. The method of dispersing the flow to normally unused land or farmland when the flow rate increases is an NbS that has been nurtured over a long period of time along with the development of rice farming in Japan.

Food for thought, i'm sure there were similar localized traditional ways Somalis dealt with river floods back in the day that could be useful. But before the modern era it more than likely used to overflow into the farmland or basin and the surrounding greenery would absorb it into the soil