From the climate crisis and the global pandemic to food insecurity, humanity faces unprecedented challenges that require resilient and sustainable solutions. Somalia, a country where conflict and instability meet the hazards of natural disasters caused by a rapidly changing climate, is on the frontline of climate change.
Deforestation Rates Status
In 2010, Somalia had 146kha of tree cover, extending over 0.23% of its land area. In 2021, it lost 169ha of tree cover, equivalent to 33.1kt of CO₂ emissions. From 2001 to 2021, Somalia lost 4.29kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 4.9% decrease in tree cover since 2000, and 840kt of CO₂e emissions. ’01 ’03 ’05 ’07 ’09 ’11 ’13 ’15 ’17 ’21 0 95 190 290 380ha.
Mr. Marc van der Sterren is writer, freelance journalist, consultant and researcher. As a farmers son he writes a lot about Africa. As owner and chief editor of Farming Africa, he follows agricultural developments in this continent form more than ten years.
He is the only agricultural journalist in The Netherlands who is specialized in Africa. His country is famous for it’s agricultural standards. For Wageningen University, for the technologies and the most efficient intensive farming systems. This helped The Netherlands to become the second exporter of agricultural products in the world.
Those farming system, for long time, have been the example for Africa and other developing countries to expand their production. However, in those times, this intensive approach reaches the ecological borders, while only a few very big farmers are left. This makes the system very capital intensive and risky.
Africa can become the Bread Basket of the world. It is very wise to look at the development of agriculture in other area’s like the Netherlands. Especially in those times where intensive agriculture is nearing its limit.
FESU invited him to join Bay University event Cafe on 05 June, 2023 in order to share with us Europe perspectives on the topic and how they will donate Somalia draughts and recovery efforts.
Theme: Prospects of food security, Draughts and Climate Change Research Cafe in Somalia
Where: Bay University Central Center
When: June 5, 2023
Bay University in cooperation with SOMESHAA and FESU is organizing this zoom and virdual event at Southwest regional state .
