Since 2016 SONRREC has been registered as a Non-Profit Research Center giving us the legal authority to operate as a research, capacity development and consultant services provider in Somalia. We run a variety of courses in natural resources in the field of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Water Resources, Energy, Environment and Resilience and […]
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Somalia has the longest coastline (approximately 3,333 km) of African mainland countries. The fishery resources within Somalia’s waters are significant, with an estimated sustainable potential in the order of 550,000 MT per year for pelagic fish stocks. The Somalia’s marine fisheries sector has the potential to improve the national economy in terms of food security,
Economic entomology has direct and indirect role for human economic, genetics, military and nutritional value. Economically most south east Asian countries have early started raring silkworm as sericulture which they produce thousands tons of silk as of cocoon mad by last instars of Lepidoptera , each country gains millions of dollars per season. On the
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Somalia is experiencing two types of flooding: river floods and flash floods. River floods occur along the Juba and Shabelle rivers in Southern Somalia, whereas flash floods are common along the intermittent streams in the northern part of the country. In the recent past, the country has experienced an increasing severity and frequency of floods.
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Desert locust or Schistocerca gregaria, is one of the most devastating migratory pests in the world and it is highly mobile and feeds on large quantities of any kind of green vegetation, including crops, pasture, and fodder. A typical swarm can be made up of 150 million locusts per square kilometer and is carried on
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The Desert locust invasion has been predicted during the GU season of 2020 in Somalia as it was last year when the Desert locust invaded mainly the Northern and Central part of the country and announced as a National emergence due to its impacts. Despite recent intensification of control operations in the affected zones of
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Prosopis juliflora, an evergreen tree/bush, is one of the most invasive species in arid and semi-arid areas. Since its introduction to Arabsiyo district of Somaliland (1980s), it has invaded a huge amount of grasslands, rangelands and farmlands. By: Abdirizak Mohamed Ali-( 2019) Click here TO Download PDF
