Agriculture:
Shuraako Impact Investing
Raaho Farm
A commercial farm that spans over eight hectares with 75 percent of its farmland cultivated. Raaho produces fruits and vegetables, in addition to cash crops. Raaho secured a Shuraako-facilitated investment to further cultivate the land and safeguard the farm against droughts
Barisamaad Farm
A commercial farm committed to producing sustainable and profitable agricultural crops. Supplies local restaurants, hotels, and households in the region with quality produce sold both wholesale and retail.
Gobsoor Farm
A 19.5-hectare farm that grows cash crops to supply wholesale to traders in the region’s largest vegetable and fruit markets. Through a Shuraako-facilitated investment, the farm was able to procure 10 greenhouses and continue expanding its produce line with the addition of crops such as fruit trees and out of season production by use of the greenhouses.
Bardaale Farm
Through a Shuraako-facilitated investment, Bardaale was able to procure a truck, which reduced its high transportation rental costs while allowing it to transport a higher volume of produce to market in a timely manner.
Dubur Farm
Through a Shuraako-facilitated investment, the farm was able to secure the funds necessary to support its planned production expansion, including the purchase of high-yield, pest-resistant pepper seed varieties.
Dualeh Farm
Through a Shuraako-brokered investment, the farm was able to procure and install irrigation pipes to connect the water tanks, berkads, and current irrigation system to its crops, thus completing a robust, modern irrigation system and expanding farmland usage.
Araan Farm
For planting, the farm relied heavily on rental tractors, which were not only costly but at times unavailable when needed. Prior to receiving its Shuraako-facilitated investment, the farm had 12 hectares (75 percent) of the land under cultivation, producing a variety of fruits and vegetables.
Al Faraj Group and Family Farm
Due to drought conditions present in Somalia, the farm utilized a shallow well and pump to supplement rainfall and was only able to cultivate 43% of its land.
Horseed Farm
Horseed Farm “Horseed” produces agriculture products for sale to local markets in Afgooye and large markets in Mogadishu in South Central Somalia.
Himilo Farm
A family-owned farm that spans 50 hectares and produces quality cash crops for sale to domestic traders and distributors. Himilo received a Shuraako-brokered investment to install a borehole and water tank for efficient irrigation.
Al Naim Farm
Al Naim Farm “Al Naim” is a 200 hectare farm located near Afgooye in South Central, Somalia.
Adelai Farm
Founded in 2012, Adelai Farm “Adelai” sells agricultural products in the local markets of the Balcad District in Mogadishu.
Ugbaad Agrocare Co. Ltd
Ugbaad Agrocare “Ugbaad” specializes in the production and sale of high quality fodder using imported maize and barley seedlings.
Ubaale Poultry
Ubaale Poultry Farm “Ubaale” is a poultry business that specializes in the production and sale of high quality eggs.
Mudug Agrolive Farm
Established in 2012, Mudug Agrolive Farm “Agrolive” is an 18.75 hectare farm located in Galkayo, Puntland.
Jiniyeley Farm
Jiniyeley is a commercial farm located just south of Bosaso, Puntland that has been providing a wide variety of agricultural products to loyal customers for over 26 years.
Fat-xi Farm
Fat-xi Farm is a female-owned and operated farm in Jibgale (outside of Garowe), Puntland. The owner is the leader of a local farming business association.
Hodan Mixed Farm
Hodan Farm, a nine-acre mixed farm, has been in operation since 1994. The farm is on fertile ground in Jibgale, located outside of Garowe. The owner is an experienced farmer and livestock herder who produces milk, fruits, vegetables, and tends livestock on his farm.
Las Durre Farm
Las Durre Farm has been operating for the past 20 years, producing fruits and vegetables in the Las Durre valley in Somaliland.
Kalkaal Mixed Farm
The farm sells its products to customers in Galkayo, where Kalkaal rents a fruit and vegetable stand. Kalkaal has been operating in Galkayo for many years and has created a large customer base that appreciates the quality the company provides.
22 Mixed Farm
22 Mixed Farm is situated in Jibgale, a fertile location east of Garowe. The farm provides the surrounding community with an assortment of fruits, vegetables, and dairy milk. Funds were used to dig a deep borehole for consistent water supply and to establish an irrigation system.
Barwaaqo Marketing and Catering Services
Barwaaqo Marketing and Catering Services (BMCS) is a crop collection, storage, and marketing service serving farmers in six villages throughout the Gabiley District.
Al Nur Mixed Farming
In 2019, Al Nur secured a third Shuraako-brokered investment through the Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund to increase land utilization with the purchase of two hectares of land for fodder use, drilling of 200-meter borehole complete with irrigation system, a date dehydration machine, and tractor.
Carbon Credit Initiative
Three US-based entities gifted 23,000 trees in 2013 to offset their employee’s annual vehicular carbon emissions.
Sahra Islan Mohamed’s Farm
The farm, located outside Garowe, Puntland has been in operation for nearly ten years. This is a woman-owned and operated four-hectare farm producing fruits and vegetables and rearing livestock for meat and milk.
Goljano Mixed Farm and Agribusiness
Goljano Mixed Farm started in 2010 as a farming project providing a variety of agricultural products to both the local market and foreign markets.
