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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Fall armyworm is an insect indigenous to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. The caterpillar feeds 80 up to 100 plants of different species, including maize, sorghum, millet rice, wheat, sugarcane, vegetable crops, cotton and etc. The infestation can cause significant yield losses if not used appropriate integrated management. The adult female moth can
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SONRREC has attended and contributed on National Consultation & Dissemination Workshop on the Somali National Disaster Management Policy organized by Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management of Federal Government of Somalia July 2017. The consultation was on regional meeting with the participation from all the Regional State Members, key experts from UN, NGOs and
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Somali Natural Resource Research Centre (SONRREC) has been invited officially to attend the National Conference on Food Security Policy and Agriculture Development held in Mogadishu which organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation for the Federal Republic of Somalia and participated by all relevant stakeholders from both National institutions, private sectors, international partners and
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Somali Natural Resource Research Center (SONRREC) in collaboration with Somali National University, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment Science organized a training workshop on Research Proposal and Thesis Writing and was held in the Main Conference Hall of the University, KM4 Mogadishu-Somalia on 05 January 2017. The Workshop was very fruitful and officially opened by the
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SONRREC organized and conducted a training workshop on Importance of Research in Somalia to the academic institutions, graduate and non-graduate students, civil society, experts and professionals in the field of natural resources from different disciplines. The training was coordinated successfully by Mohamed Dayib Sh. Abubakar, Sonrrec Chairperson, Mr. Hassan Ali, Deputy Chair and Said Osman
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