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Since there seems to be a closure of the Somali civil war in the near future insha-Allah, and a stable Somali government will be restored in the near future, one of the first priorities of the Somali people and their future government, including federal, regional, and local governments, should be the establishment of proper rainwater harvesting schemes. We should take examples from countries whose population live in desert and semi-desert regions like Somalia but have created successful water conservation schemes.

In the following video, you will see how a remote desert village in India overcame water shortages, and created a food surplus in four harvest seasons. I am particularly amazed by how a small village created "contour trenches" with their bare hands without the support of the Indian government. :up: Somalis should take examples of other fellow human beings who beat the odds and overcame food shortages. We should remind ourselves that no nation in the world can survive for so long without attaining food self sufficiency.

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udun wrote:Since there seems to be a closure of the Somali civil war in the near future insha-Allah, and a stable Somali government will be restored in the near future
What if the insurgency comes back?
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Arabman wrote:
udun wrote:Since there seems to be a closure of the Somali civil war in the near future insha-Allah, and a stable Somali government will be restored in the near future
What if the insurgency comes back?
The water will hopefully still be there for the people?

Great initiative Udun. :up:
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Arabman wrote:
udun wrote:Since there seems to be a closure of the Somali civil war in the near future insha-Allah, and a stable Somali government will be restored in the near future
What if the insurgency comes back?
Stop being pessimists. Are you somehow being bothered by any good news from Somalia?
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udun wrote:Stop being pessimists. Are you somehow being bothered by any good news from Somalia?
What if the insurgency coming back is the good news?
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there are no farmers left in somalia.
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This combined with re-forestation is desperately needed.
if done properly it will even change the climate and reduce the severity of future drought in as little as 10 years.

before 1991 Somalias land was only 2% arable and half of that was used for growing food.
The maximum areas that is cultivatable is 13% of somalias land.

Now if we used modern technology and management we could have even fed our population from that 2% of land.
In 1988 food grown on less than 2% of the land grew enough to feed half the population.

and these farms were very primitive and lacked acess to fertilizer or irrigation tech.

imagine what could be done if you we could harness the full 13% of our land that can grow crops????


we could feed 50 million people, meaning we could be a major exporter.
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Arabman wrote:
udun wrote:Stop being pessimists. Are you somehow being bothered by any good news from Somalia?
What if the insurgency coming back is the good news?
Could you explain how raging insurgency in Somalia can be a good news? :shock:
Are you basically saying that you're a troll?
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gurey25 wrote:This combined with re-forestation is desperately needed.
if done properly it will even change the climate and reduce the severity of future drought in as little as 10 years.

before 1991 Somalias land was only 2% arable and half of that was used for growing food.
The maximum areas that is cultivatable is 13% of somalias land.

Now if we used modern technology and management we could have even fed our population from that 2% of land.
In 1988 food grown on less than 2% of the land grew enough to feed half the population.

and these farms were very primitive and lacked acess to fertilizer or irrigation tech.

imagine what could be done if you we could harness the full 13% of our land that can grow crops????


we could feed 50 million people, meaning we could be a major exporter.
Good points Gurey. As a young man who grew up in the country side, I remember seeing water that run through the streams from Surad mountains, Cal Maddow or all the way mountains from Sheikh and end up either in the Red Sea or in the Indian ocean. These are seasonal rivers that either go through Nugaal valley, Dharoor valley, and many other valleys that end up in the Indian ocean or in the Red Sea. I also also ask myself how noone makes an effort to capture some of these waters? I think doing little by little by each community will make the difference.
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udun wrote:
Arabman wrote:
udun wrote:Stop being pessimists. Are you somehow being bothered by any good news from Somalia?
What if the insurgency coming back is the good news?
Could you explain how raging insurgency in Somalia can be a good news? :shock:
Are you basically saying that you're a troll?
No, he is not troll but his dream of talibanization of somalia faded :lol: Arabman Waa muraaradilaac dee :lol:
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Rightwing wrote:
udun wrote:
Arabman wrote: Could you explain how raging insurgency in Somalia can be a good news? :shock:
Are you basically saying that you're a troll?
No, he is not troll but his dream of talibanization of somalia faded :lol: Arabman Waa muraaradilaac dee :lol:
There is a difference between Afghan Taliban and the so-called Somali islamists. The Afghan Taliban today are pursuing a set of achievable goals, they watch their words carefully to ensure it does not make the situation of the Afghan Muslim population worse than it is already, and they have cut off their relationship with the bogeyman named Al-Qaida--whose sole aim is to make the life of ordinary Muslim worse than it already is. The Afghan Taliban learned from their mistakes and today present themselves as the voice of the Afghan nation against foreign occupation. They have held several meetings with the US government and they have persistently denied the establishment of permanent military bases in Afghanistan. This is the sticky issue between Afghan Taliban and the western alliance. The Afghan Taliban have made it clear they will never accept the establishment of permanent military bases in Afghanistan by NATO. On their side, the US government stated they wanted a long-term partnership and security arrangement with the Afghan government. That agreement was recently signed with the Karsai led government.

To the contrary, the leadership of Al-Shabaab pledged their allegiance to the bogeyman named Al-Qaeda. They rejected the Somali flag without going through broader national consensus, and they consistently made idiotic statements that is always used against them. Their way of enforcing of Sharia law have been refuted by many Somalis in the areas they control. These Al-Shabaab leaders supported the combined NATO led attack against Libya, and they also support the western-inspired, financed, and armed raging insurgency in Syria. While they supported these western led attacks on those two countries, they called A. Yusuf and Sheekh Sharif led governments " two murtad administrations" because they allied themselves with non-Muslims against Muslims when, in fact, Al-Shabaab leaders support similar arrangements with the groups that were/are fighting alongside with NATO special forces supported by NATO airpower in Libya and in Syria. It is hypocrisy in its worst form. The shifting positions of Al-Shabaab leadership was an eye-opener to many Somalis about this whole Saudi and Qatari financed death squads who are only found where they are needed by the benefactors and the protectors of Saudi and Qatari ruling familes.

A clear difference between the Al-Qaeda inspired Al-Shabaab and the Afghan Taliban.
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umm I tend to agree with you. Your analysis makes... I mean lot of sense. I hope Nagerian muslims will open their eyes sooner than later like somali did.
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