Somalia is producing less food than it did 60 years ago.

[Thegoodshepherd]

Total cereal production last year was ~192,000 tons composed mostly of sorghum and maize. There are ups and down in production but the trend line is pointing down. Somalia was producing 255,000 tons of cereals 60 years ago in 1961. This means that Somalia with 2.8 million people in 1961 produced more food than Somalia with 15.5 million people in 2020. Fairly shocking levels of incompetence on display here.

This should not even be possible given the improvement in plant breeds since the Green Revolution. I don't understand what they are growing to be getting yields of less than 300 kg per hectare. Absolutely insane. 192,000 tons is only good enough to feed about 1.5 million people per year. Somalia is capable of feeding less than 10% of its population with its current production. If it was distributed to everyone it would be about 12 kilos per person for the whole year! As recently as 2012 that figure was about 30 kilos per person. Somalia's grain self-sufficiency is declining by about 11% per year.
https://www.ajfand.net/Volume19/No3/Gavin18025.pdf


Gu season 2020

Deyr season 2020

2020 Gu and Deyr assessment findings

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.PRD.CREL.MT?end=2017&locations=SO&start=1961&view=chart

 

[KobeBryant]

Damn...

 

[Western4Life]

Nothing surprising about it. Somalia got its "independence" 60 years ago. What a coincidental correlation. They were much better off controlled by the Europeans.

 

[Anisah The Serpent]

I think that they used to make most of their own food production but now they get most things from arab countries.

 

[KobeBryant]

Nothing surprising about it. Somalia got its "independence" 60 years ago. What a coincidental correlation. They were much better off controlled by the Europeans.

Thats not true man.

 

[Sloane Ranger]

I think that they used to make the most of their own food production but now they get most things from arab countries.

AS controlled areas also happen to be in the fertile regions thus cutting down the agricultural output from Somalia. Wouldn't surprise me if they turned out to be bankrolled for this very reason.

 

[Western4Life]

Thats not true man.

Of course it's true. Take the blinders from your vision and the paddings from your ears. I will give you just one example out of thousands: My ayeyo has in her collection government documents from that era. I cannot begin to describe how professional and legitimate those documents looked. It had seals and everything. Have you seen government documents of today? I have a piece of land in Somalia and my ownership papers looks like it was written by a child. It is written in black pen, includes the fingerprint of one illiterate relative, and has the jurisdiction's Staples-style stamp in the middle of the page. It looks beyond fake and it is only a matter when, not if, that piece of land is claimed by someone else with ownership documents that look just an iota better than mine. Maybe he will have two finger prints (his own) to counter the finger print on mine

 

[Boogie]

Nothing surprising about it. Somalia got its "independence" 60 years ago. What a coincidental correlation. They were much better off controlled by the Europeans.

Of course it's true. Take the blinders from your vision and the paddings from your ears. I will give you just one example out of thousands: My ayeyo has in her collection government documents from that era. I cannot begin to describe how professional and legitimate those documents looked. It had seals and everything. Have you seen government documents of today? I have a piece of land in Somalia and my ownership papers looks like it was written by a child. It is written in black pen, includes the fingerprint of one illiterate relative, and has the jurisdiction's Staples-style stamp in the middle of the page. It looks beyond fake and it is only a matter when, not if, that piece of land is claimed by someone else with ownership documents that look just an iota better than mine. Maybe he will have two finger prints (his own) to counter the finger print on mine

What about before colonization where Somalia controlled so much land with not much population

 

[Western4Life]

What about before colonization where Somalia controlled so much land with not much population

Somalia is 95% empty today and 99% empty then. It's almost entirely desert. It's not a surprise it was easy for us to control it when no one wanted it to begin with.

 

[Revolutionary]

Nothing surprising about it. Somalia got its "independence" 60 years ago. What a coincidental correlation. They were much better off controlled by the Europeans.

We're better off without them, the nation was much poorer on their watch than today despite the challanges Somalia faces, extreme poverty plauged the place more so than today, their sole aim was exploitation, not some good white boys wanting to help us.

 

[OffTheDome]

Can confirm, I went to the supermarket one time and I saw nothing but Corn Flakes, no variety smh

 

[Western4Life]

We're better off without them, the nation was much poorer on their watch than today despite the challanges Somalia faces, extreme poverty plauged the place more so than today, their sole aim was exploitation, not some good white boys wanting to help us.

With the exploitation, Somalia was much better off. Turkey and the Gulf nations are taking advantage of Somalis much worse today than the colonialists did. Look at the urban planning of some of the southern towns' oldest neighbourhoods, which even have sewer systems. Somalia became a country way too early. It should have been 100 years of colonalization so knowledge transfer could occur. It could have been an upper middle income country. It was a wasted opportunity.

 

[Apollo]

With the exploitation, Somalia was much better off. Turkey and the Gulf nations are taking advantage of Somalis much worse today than the colonialists did. Look at the urban planning of some of the southern towns' oldest neighbourhoods, which even have sewer systems. Somalia became a country way too early. It should have been 100 years of colonalization so knowledge transfer could occur. It could have been an upper middle income country. It was a wasted opportunity.

I suggested that Turkey should colonize Somalia a couple of times, each time I got downvotes for it, kek.

 

[reer]

Nothing surprising about it. Somalia got its "independence" 60 years ago. What a coincidental correlation. They were much better off controlled by the Europeans.

a chunk of my family were killed fighting off colonizers. nacala kuyaal british.

 

[Western4Life]

I suggested that Turkey colonizes Somalia a couple of times, each time I got downvotes for it, kek.

Why Turkey when it could be a northern European country? Well now it's never going to happen. It's 2021. Everyone is sensitive today and the Twitter baboons will call it slavery.

 

[Apollo]

Why Turkey when it could be a northern European country? Well now it's never going to happen. It's 2021. Everyone is sensitive today and the Twitter baboons will call it slavery.

Turkey is the most advanced MENA country. It is like the Germany of the Middle East (if the Middle East is Europe in this analogy). Also, more palatable to be colonized by Muslims than by gaals. Western Turkey is kind of advanced - better than many Balkan countries, Eastern Turkey drags them down.

 

[Western4Life]

a chunk of my family were killed fighting off colonizers. nacala kuyaal british.

So were mine but they were followers of a terrorist.

The Mad Mullah is no different than Al Baghdadi but with half the brain.

This is Richard Corfield's great grand daughter. Actress from London.

 

[Western4Life]

Turkey is the most advanced MENA country. It is like the Germany of the Middle East (if the Middle East is Europe in this analogy). Also, more palatable to be colonized by Muslims than by gaals. Western Turkey is kind of advanced - better than many Balkan countries, Eastern Turkey drags them down.

Better the Brits or the Americans.

 

[Apollo]

So were mine

Mine were actively working with the colonists.

I got pictures of my grandfather chilling in the Italian Alps sent there on a mission for being a loyalist.

 

[reer]

Better the Brits or the Americans.

kill me.