Agricultural Development Organization

ADO is a non-governmental organization operating in Somaliland. ADO registered MoNPD with registration number L.43.13.36/MJ.

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ADO Land Cruiser got stuck in muddy road on its way from Gatiitaley to Qaloocato, Somaliland. The staff trying to unstuck the car from the deep mud. No matter the challenge we run into as far as ADO is devoted to provide the humanitarian aid to the vulnerable communities.

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Farmer cooperatives in Gatiitalay village in Odweine district of Somaliland supported by #ADO with #Development_fund of Norway displayed their produce in presence of regional dignitaries including ministry of agriculture regional officer.

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#ADO has constructed #4368Lm of soil bunds in #Xidhxidh village of #Odwayne District, as part of #CRISP Project funded by #EU through #Development_Fund_of_Norway for conserving soil and water to avoid soil erosion always caused by water and benefited by 44 HHs.

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Recently CAHWs trained by #ADO under the #EU-funded project (Well-known CRISP) with the collaboration of the Ministry of livestock and fishery have got started providing services in the field of animal welfare.

#Putting_people_out_of_poverty

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#ADO repaired 900M of old dilapidated primary irrigation canals in Xamaas, constructed 400M of cemented water irrigation canals in Doonayaha and 200M in the Shumux of Erigavo district under #EU_funded Project.

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The Development Fund of Norway (#DFN) 🇳🇴 has recognized #ADO as its best performing partner of 2020.

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Agriculture can’t go without research. Knowing that ADO has established seed testing trial farms at Beer Community Seed Bank with the objective of conserving local quality seeds that has the best qualities of; maximum yields, drought tolerance, and early maturing.

Thanks DF 🇳🇴

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#ADO conducted needs assessment from 10th-12th of March in 2020 with the aim of understanding the current situation and impact of the drought and Sagar Cyclone in Awdal, particularly six villages; #Ceelgaal, #shocado, #Jidhi, #Habas, #Arorsel and #Daraydheere of #Zaila_District.

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#ADO Sincerely Congrats Women On Intl. Women's Day 8th Of March. It Gives Special Attention On Making Visible Part of Project Beneficiaries, Decision Making Role in Each Project Designing and Execution. Luckily, #ADO is women headed org. as the ADO executive director is a female.

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#ADO and other #DF partners took part annual program review workshop held in Hargeisa, Somaliland where #ADO displayed successfully implemented activities with positive and negative results. Thanks #DF, #EU #Norad for their generous financial support to needy people through #ADO.

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Upsurging the water accessibility of most vulnerable rural communities (women, children and elderly) by making shorter distance to fetch water, #ADO getting support from #EuropeanUnion improved water points #Berkeds and #dams in #Beer, #Beerato, #Qalocato and #Xidhxidh villages.

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Access to water is one of the most important factors affecting resilience and livelihoods of drought affected communities.Therefore, #ADO getting support from #EuropeanUnion improved water infrastructure in the rural areas #Shilmaale village in Odweine District of Togdher region.

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Recurrent droughts in Somaliland resulted in loss of livestock massively in most of rural communities, #ADO getting help from #European_Union distributed 840 breeding goats and sheep to most drought affected HHs in #Xidhxidh, #Shilmaale and #Beerato villages in #Odweine district.

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#ADO provided dwarf and high yielding papaya fruits have already realized the dream of producing fruit crops from arid and dry low lands in #Gatiitalay, Somaliland with minimum irrigation water requirements.

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#ADO Norwegian government funded projects not only increase household economics , but reduces child and mother malnutrition through increasing the productive capacity of the #Farmers.

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#ADO receiving funds from the Development Fund of Norway and NORAD managed to introduce smart agricultural practices and dry land farming techniques to #Gatiitalay farmers using drip irrigation technologies. This brought in postive impact to livelihoods of these farmers.

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ADO implemented natural resource management through cash for work in Agro-pastoral areas of Beerato, Odweine district. The objective was to reduce water runoff & to retain soil moisture-nutrients & preventing soil erosion and increasing the income for the vulnerable communities.

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ADO—Agriculture Development Organization conducted SSA (Seed Security Assessment) in Beer village, Togdheer region under DARWIN project funded by DF. This was done in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture Development of Somaliland.

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Imagine the average annual rainfall of this area was less than 120 mm for the past 3 years while famers (women) harvested tons of cash crops and generated tangible incomes from crop sales.

This through adoption of dry land agriculture approaches and innovations brought by ADO.