NADIIFO which among the female project beneficiaries responding to the question In what way has the project made you more aware or prepared for any possible disaster, like droughts or floods in the future Said
“I was a farmer for long period of time, our farming method was traditional, pests and insects were used to attack our crops.
A new modern farming method was built to us, and no one believed that this small farm will produce more yield of Tomato than the traditional large farms.
At the moment, if drought hits to our village and its surroundings and water shortage happen it will not have a major impact to our farm, as my farm uses less water compared to our traditional farming method, now we can cultivate crops specially Tomato at any time. In a small amount of water we can water this whole farm and we can able to feed what we harvest it to our households. A dam was built near to my farm which protected my farms from destruction caused by floods.
In what way has the project changed the way you view yourself? How the community look upon women? How men look upon women
Nadifo Jama Said“The project made myself proud as I work to feed myself and family., to be honest, the farm sector is dominated by men, although there is number of ladies who have their farms to feed their family. Men in our village consider women as important pillar of the society”
what way has the project made you more aware or prepared for any possible disaster, like droughts or floods in the future Said.
Nimco Mohamud Responded “I am mother, I a co-own this greenhouse technology, which is cooler the one we previously used which was hot. Really, now I have a land that I can cultivate every no matter the season we are in. In previous times, water shortages used to threaten our crops and even when the rain came the floods used to damage plants, now this farming method saves water and control flooding.”
In what way has the project changed the way you view yourself? How the community look upon women? How men look upon women
Nimco Said “ I see myself a women struggling to feed her kids and family, now I have reliable source of income which is the greenhouse, I can distribute my harvest to Major cities like Garowe because Tomato is not grown well in our region as pests and disease attack.
“The community sees as women who are working for their family and they are so happy for what we are doing”
