[quote="Luq_Ganane"]^^
The reason it was called 'The bread basket of Somalia' was because it was. Heavy investment was put into the entire Shabelle region, especially the aggriculture sector. After the collapse of the State, it lost that luster as people had to go back to primitive farming. Even worse the incentive was lost as the Shabelle region was the most dangerous in Somalia. The only farming done was the Xashish farms that Cusman Catto had, and was taken over by Indacadde after the bannana wars.
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Lol. what about the banana plantations, and the rest of the other plantations that dot the Shabelle valley?
This is what the World Food Program says:
"Tractors, a rare sight in much of Somalia, are still lined up on Jowhar’s main street."
"surrounding regions of Middle and Lower Shabelle, traditionally farming regions that were the ‘breadbasket’ of Somalia, producing enough food to feed themselves and export."
"Middle and Lower Shabelle were the production centre for all of Somalia,” says Hawa Mohammed Moallim, deputy director of WFP’s partner non-governmental organisation SAACID , which organises the distributions in Jowhar. “But every time now, there’s drought, or floods or conflict.”
"Heavily armed police of the Transitional Federal Government patrol the distribution, keeping would-be looters in check"
"Security is OK here, but the administration still isn’t strong,” says Mohamed Hilowleh Guled, the district chief for 23 villages around Jowhar"
http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2662
