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Filsan - Hope in The Future
Filsan - Hope in The Future
Filsan - Hope in The Future
• About SATG
Goals
Mission
Membership
Overview
• Dedicated to assisting in
the reconstruction of
Somalia and its
agricultural heritage
About SATG
Membership
Multidisciplinary team consisting of
highly qualified and experienced
professionals
Crop improvement and biotechnology
Crop production and soil management
Crop protection
Farming systems and technology transfer
Water resource management
Animal and food science
Livestock, environment and agro-forestry
SATG Mission
• Development: To
assist agricultural
communities to access
appropriate and
affordable agricultural
technologies.
SATG Goals
• Education and Research:
To assist in re-establishing
and sustaining agricultural
education and research
centres.
• Networking: To co-operate
with international, regional,
national and local
communities in the
sustainable development of
Somali agriculture and
conservation of the natural
resource base.
Activities
Activities
Agriculture
I. Identification of
Phosphorous (P) as
the single most
important factor
limiting crop
production in
dryland agriculture
of the Bay Region
Activities
Agriculture
Production Constraints: Phosphorous Deficiency
1200
800
a
600
400
200
b b
b
0
Control 50N 100N N+P N+P
Activities
Agriculture
Production Constraints: Phosphorous Deficiency
600
400
147%
200 c
0 d
Control
d 50N 100N N+P
d N+P
Activities
Agriculture
Why P is not available to plants in the Bay Region soils?
High Soil pH
8.0-8.3
Activities
Agriculture
Relationship between soil pH and P availability
Activities
Agriculture
II. Filsan seed
multiplication and
repatriation
Characteristics
Early maturity
High yield
Activities
Agriculture
III. Sustainable
utilisation for
plant genetic
resources in
Somalia
Activities
Agriculture
Some tips about Plant Genetic Resources
(seed):
• Landrace vs. variety vs. hybrid vs. GM
• Phenology: Vegetative and reproductive growth
• Genetic potentiality
• Response to the environmental condition (drought
tolerant)
• Resistance to diseases
• Response to harvest and post harvest conditions
• Cooking qualities
• Market value
Activities
Agriculture
IV. Post harvest and grain
storage losses
IV. Aflatoxin
contamination of
stored grain sorghum
Activities
Livestock
I. Challenges and
opportunities for the
Somali livestock industry
Challenges
Trade embargoes
Opportunities
Natural habitat feeding free
from GM feeds
Halaal livestock products
Organic meat produce
Activities
Environment
I. Causes, limitations
and strategies for
possible
interventions on
deforestation and
charcoal export
Activities
Others
Training
Training of Trainers
Seed intervention
Trials and demo plots
IPM
Crop management practices
Post harvest and storage losses
Activities
Others
Documentation
Historic information on P
Filsan
Plant genetic resources
Seed industry
Crop management practices
Deforestation and charcoal export
Livestock
Activities
Others
Networking of agriculture professionals