Bardera - Agriculture

Agriculture

Large numbers of Bardera's residents make their living working in the many small and large farms on the span of the Jubb River in Bardera District. Agricultural products from Bardera farms are sold throughout the country. Sorghum, corn or maize, different types of onions, beans, sesame, tobacco, and fruits such as bananas, watermelon, oranges, papayas, and mangoes, from Bardera farms reach markets as far as Djibouti, about 3,000 km away to the north of Somalia.

There are two types of farming which exist in Bardera area: Irrigated farming and seasonal farming. Many medium- and small-scale farms near the river use water pumping machines. These motors irrigate the land with canals, and farmers plant crops. The majority of farmers use a low-tech farming method of farming during the two rainy seasons of gu' and deyr. Small operation farms are found throughout Gedo region, far away from the river banks where families plant sorghum, maize, and beans on any land that is suitable for farming. These farming plots are located on sandy soft earth often with muddy combinations. The locals call this type of earth adable.

Mogadishu's fruit and vegetable market used to have a section containing Bardera's famous onion product. Since the start of the civil war in Somalia, produce from Bardera to large cities like Mogadishu, Kismayo, or Baidoa were diverted to Kenyan markets such as Wajir, Garissa, Mombasa, and Nairobi.

Palmtree being part of the name Bardera, there are many beautiful palm trees along the river bank and almost every farm has one or two palm trees.