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Comprehensive Vegetable Value Chain Analysis in Afgoye to Identify Gapsand Opportunities for Farmers and Other Stakeholders

1. Introduction
   SHACDO, in partnership with Concern Worldwide, through the EU BREACH (Boosting Resilience and
   Adaptation to Climate Change) project, is supporting climate adaptation and durable solutions for
   Displacement Affected Communities (DACs) in the Shabelle River Basin, in collaboration with NRC,
   CWW, and local authorities in Afgoye, Somalia. The programme addresses the climate crisis and
   shocks that have driven increasing numbers of IDPs from rural to urban areas, often leading to
   tensions over limited resources with host communities.
   DACs, including IDPs, returnees, and vulnerable populations, are central to the programme, which
   focuses on those at risk of Housing, Land, and Property (HLP) violations, lacking sustainable
   livelihoods, and without access to basic services. Recognizing that climate change and migration
   disproportionately impact women, girls, people with disabilities, and minority clans, the programme
   promotes inclusion through community sensitization and engagement to ensure these groups
   participate meaningfully in all interventions.
2. Rationale
   Afgoye, located in southern Somalia, is a significant agricultural area where vegetable farming plays
   a critical role in the livelihoods of local farmers. However, farmers face several challenges, including
   low incomes, post-harvest losses, and weak market systems. The need to strengthen the vegetable
   value chain is crucial to enhance farmers' income, reduce losses, and improve overall market
   systems.
   A comprehensive value chain analysis will help identify gaps and opportunities for intervention that
   should support improving market access, reducing post-harvest losses, and lowering production
   costs through better storage, handling techniques, e.g., grading and sorting, and sustainable farming
   practices. By fostering collaboration among input providers, farmers, wholesalers, and marketers,
   the project will boost farmer incomes, strengthen the local agricultural economy, and contribute to
   food security and sustainable development in the region.
   Farmers face limited sustainable livelihood opportunities due to recurrent shocks and stresses, and
   repeated and protracted displacement. DACs in the Afgoye district lack the capital, knowledge, and
   skills to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Added to this, despite the district’s reputation as the
   breadbasket of Somalia and the fact that markets are generally functional, value chains for
   agricultural produce are under-developed and do not allow farmers to adequately utilise and
   maximise the value of their produce, and DACs find it difficult to integrate into market systems
   which would better meet their needs or to take advantage of existing or new opportunities.

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