Ideas for economic recovery in Somalia
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:54 pm
Somalia has the most Camels in the world, and this is a large asset in itself.
Camel milk dairies could bottle and serve camel milk to the domestic and local international markets (Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Kenya, East Africa, etc).
Pastoralist Somalis could further diversify their economic activities for instance. New processes have been discovered to turn camel milk into a soft cheese like Brie, which afictionados refer to as Camelbert (a play on Camembert, the type of cheese it is most like). This cheese keeps much longer than milk, and could be shipped all over the world. Mauritanians are already doing this.
The Shabelle valley agricultural economy was completely destroyed in the war, and was in times past Somalia's economic heart, and getting that back up and running again would be a major facet of any economic recovery.
The highway system in Somalia needs some serious work done, and injecting money into rebuilding the shattered infrastructure here would make an enormous impact.
The Hobyo and Las Qoray port projects should be given a funding boost, and expansion of Mogadishu, Kismayo, Bosaso, Merka and Berbera ports undertaken. The highway should be expanded out to Hobyo and Las Qoray as well as Merka, and better roads from the major towns out to the country towns.
Camel milk dairies could bottle and serve camel milk to the domestic and local international markets (Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Kenya, East Africa, etc).
Pastoralist Somalis could further diversify their economic activities for instance. New processes have been discovered to turn camel milk into a soft cheese like Brie, which afictionados refer to as Camelbert (a play on Camembert, the type of cheese it is most like). This cheese keeps much longer than milk, and could be shipped all over the world. Mauritanians are already doing this.
The Shabelle valley agricultural economy was completely destroyed in the war, and was in times past Somalia's economic heart, and getting that back up and running again would be a major facet of any economic recovery.
The highway system in Somalia needs some serious work done, and injecting money into rebuilding the shattered infrastructure here would make an enormous impact.
The Hobyo and Las Qoray port projects should be given a funding boost, and expansion of Mogadishu, Kismayo, Bosaso, Merka and Berbera ports undertaken. The highway should be expanded out to Hobyo and Las Qoray as well as Merka, and better roads from the major towns out to the country towns.
