filsan – hope in the future

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Presented To: SSS-

FSEDC

14/10/2009

Filsan Hope In TheFuture is the KenyaAffiliate of SATG


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Overview


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Overview

About SATG Goals

Mission Membership


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Overview

Activities Agriculture

Livestock Environment

About SATG Goals

Mission Membership


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Overview

Activities Agriculture

Livestock Environment

Others Training

Documentation Networking

Advisory

About SATG Goals

Mission Membership


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About SATG


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A registered non-profitassociation of Somaliprofessionals and friendsof the country

Dedicated to assisting inthe reconstruction ofSomalia and its

agricultural heritage

About SATG


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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

About SATG

MembershipMultidisciplinary team consisting ofhighly qualified and experiencedprofessionals


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To strive for peaceand prosperitythrough

sustainableagriculturaldevelopment

SATG Mission


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Conservation: Tosafeguard theinstitutional memory ofSomali agriculture,particularly in times ofstatelessness or civilstrife.

Development: To

assist agriculturalcommunities to accessappropriate andaffordable agriculturaltechnologies.

SATG Goals


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Education and Research:To assist in re-establishingand sustaining agriculturaleducation and researchcentres.

Networking: To co-operatewith international, regional,national and localcommunities in thesustainable development ofSomali agriculture andconservation of the naturalresource base.

SATG Goals


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Activities


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I. Identification ofPhosphorous (P) as

the single mostimportant factorlimiting cropproduction in

dryland agricultureof the Bay Region

Activities

Agriculture


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Production Constraints: Phosphorous Deficiency

Activities

Agriculture

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Control 50N 100N N+P N+P

GrainY

iel d

(kg

/ha)

Gu1986-Sorghum

b b

b

a

a58%

91%


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Production Constraints: Phosphorous Deficiency

Activities

Agriculture

GrainY

iel d

(kg

/ha)

Gu1986-Sorghum

0

200

400

600

800

Control 50N 100N N+P N+Pdd

d

c

a

147%

424%


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Why P is not available to plants in the Bay Region soils?

Activities

Agriculture

High Soil pH

8.0-8.3


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Relationship between soil pH and P availability

Activities

Agriculture


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II. Filsan seedmultiplication and

repatriation

Characteristics

Early maturity High yield

Activities

Agriculture


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III. Sustainableutilisation for

plant geneticresources inSomalia

Activities

Agriculture


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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

AgricultureSome tips about Plant Genetic Resources

(seed):


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IV. Post harvest and grainstorage losses

IV. Aflatoxincontamination ofstored grain sorghum

Activities

Agriculture


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I. Challenges andopportunities for theSomali livestock industry

Challenges Trade embargoes

Opportunities

Natural habitat feeding freefrom GM feeds Halaal livestock products Organic meat produce

Activities

Livestock


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I. Causes, limitationsand strategies for

possibleinterventions ondeforestation andcharcoal export

Activities

Environment


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Training of Trainers

Seed intervention

Trials and demo plots

IPM

Crop management practices

Post harvest and storage losses

Activities

OthersTraining


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Historic information on P

Filsan Plant genetic resources

Seed industry

Crop management practices Deforestation and charcoal export

Livestock

Activities

OthersDocumentation


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Activities

Others

SATG is open and dedicated to expanding

its network of practitioners and

professionals devoted to the building of

sustainable agriculture in Somalia

Networking of agriculture professionals


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SATG provides technical assistance on

various fields of agriculture to international

and local NGO operating in Somalia as well

as to academic institutions

Activities

OthersAdvisory


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In order to plot a path to where we are going weneed to know where we are coming from.

In our mission to improve agricultural productionand enhance Somalias food security we do reflecton the past to plan for a better future.

Activities

OthersReflection on the past to plan for a betterfuture


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Thanks

The future belongs to those who plan

today

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