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After weeks of scouring the Juba river valley, and reading probably 20 different soil fertility reports, I have made some discoveries.

1- The area just below the Fanoole dam is the most fertile in Somalia
2- The soil quality in the area between Jilib and Jamama is perfect for every type of agriculture, Hoomboy especially.
3- Over 60% of the most fertile land in the Juba valley has never been farmed.
4- The numbers of farmers and inhabitants of the Juba valley is greatly exaggerated, the population is majority pastoral.
5- The region can hold five to six times its current population if settled as densely as Lower Shebelle is today
6- Who ever buys land today, especially near Fanoole Dam and the area between Jilib and Jamame, will gain immense returns.
7- The eastern bank of the river is full of desheks which must be drained in order to farm.
8- The Juba Valley is considerably less developed than the Shebelle valley, but more fertile. This is due to the salinity of the shebelle.

Best areas to farm in green, red where rivers meet

thegoodshephard

We Somalis were endowed with such treasure, but who will farm it when we are busy killing each other? We rather eat USA Aid wheat and reinforce our tribal forces with all able bodied males than share this nimca all and produce our own food.

Machiavelli2 wrote:thegoodshephard

We Somalis were endowed with such treasure, but who will farm it when we are busy killing each other? We rather eat USA Aid wheat and reinforce our tribal forces with all able bodied males than share this nimca all and produce our own food.

True statement. Just the Juba Valley is enough to feed all these starving people.
What we need is a government focused on investing in agriculture and the infrastructure that goes along with it. Such as roads, irrigation works, fertilizer subsidies etc
Unfortunately, the folks in Mogadishu would rather eat the aid money instead of investing it in tangible, productive enterprises.

lol Maryooley Skinny Zoomalis, That whole area belongs to a whole Qawmiyad today called Jareerweyne, Better stay in your dry lands in the Jubba like Kismaayo buddy

Chinaman wrote:lol Maryooley Skinny Zoomalis, That whole area belongs to a whole Qawmiyad today called Jareerweyne, Better stay in your dry lands buddy

Chinaman,

Thats what I thought at first, but the entire east bank of the Juba is pure Darood Geeljire.
The bantus in Jubaland are all west of the river, and even in Middle and lower Juba, they are a minority, at most 30%.
You over estimate them in the juba valley, the region in Somalia that is probably majority Jareerweyne is Lower Shebelle.
I have no doubt that Lower Shebelle is at least 50% bantu.