The Juba Valley Agricultural Institute ( so, Machadka Beeraha Dooxada Jubba) is an academic institute within the

Bardera Polytechnic Bardera Polytechnic ( so, Kuliyada Farsamada Baardheere, ar, كلية لعلوم التطبيقية بارطيرآ) is a non-profit tertiary polytechnic education centre located in Bardera, Somalia. The college's full name is Bardera Polytechnic ...

College in

Bardera Bardera ( ar, بارديرا, so, Bardhere) is a city in Jubaland State of Somalia. It is the second largest and most populous city in Jubaland with Kismayo being the largest and most densely populated city in the region. Bardera sits on the Ju ...

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. It is situated within the southern

Jubba Valley The Jubba Valley ( so, Dooxada Jubbada) is a valley in East Africa. It follows the line of the Jubba River north from the Indian Ocean to the Somalia-Ethiopia border. The valley then splits, one branch following the Dawa River west along the Ethio ...

. The Juba Valley region of Somalia has two of the nation's main economic sectors,

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and livestock. These sectors contribute over 60% of the Somali

Gross Domestic Product Gross domestic product (GDP) is a money, monetary Measurement in economics, measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjec ...

(GDP). To develop these vital economic sectors, Bardera Polytechnic's Board started its most important operation, the Juba Valley Agricultural Institute.

History

was founded in early 2006. Its second phase academic development included starting Somalis' first comprehensive agricultural program to give thousands of students the education and the training needed to succeed in cultivating Southern Somalia’s riverine regions. Plans for the institute were announced in 2009 Juba Valley Agricultural Institute was part of the second phase of development at Bardera Polytechnic.

Services

Before the institute opened, the Somali government Ministry of Juba Valley Development and other agencies such as the ''Gosha & Gendiga'' (animal disease control services) tended the needs of farmers and livestock herders and provided services from basic farm and animal health services to production and marketing. Skilled volunteers and students and researchers from the institute aid farmers and livestock herders by visiting fields and pastoral communities. The Ministry of Juba Valley Development's last report indicated 30% of Somali livestock is found in the three regions of the Juba Valley. Curriculum and first faculty members were expected to be available by May 2012. Given external funding, the program's first phase is planned to be completed by the end of 2012.

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* {{official website, http://www.sehoaid.org Bardera Polytechnic Bardera Polytechnic