Livelihood and agriculture

Somalia’s people live in extremely poor and underdeveloped conditions. Livelihoods are broadly based on subsistence farming and pastoralism with limited opportunity to earn wages. The livestock sector is the largest contributor to Somali livelihoods with over 65% of the population engaged in some way in the industry. 

Livelihoods in Somalia are vulnerable to ‘shocks’ such as drought, flooding, tsunami, international livestock bans or conflict. Some coping mechanisms used by households to deal with ‘shocks’ can in extreme situations undermine the livelihood itself.

VACSOM altogether with local community contributes to improve productivity agriculture, increasing the harvest and diversifying the crops. The farmers who live and work in the country will see an improvement of their incomes and may ameliorate their life conditions.