Juba 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 ...

Veterinary Institute or Af Somali Kuliyada Xanaanada Xoolaha ee Dooxada Juba, Arabic: (بالفعل وادي البيطري المعهد), Italian: Giuba Valle Veterinario Instituto is a veterinary institute 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 ...

Gedo Gedo ( so, Gedo, Maay: ''Gethy'', ar, جيذو, it, Ghedo or ''Ghedu'') is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. It was created in 1974 and is bordered by the Ogaden in E ...

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 ...

. The Institute is part of

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 ...

specialized schools and institutes within the college system.

History

The Institute was created to help thousands of agro-pastoral families whose animals roam in six adjacent regions in south and southwestern Somalia,

Middle Juba Middle Juba ( so, Jubbada Dhexe, Maay: ''Jubithy Dhahy'', ar, جوبا الأوسط, it, Medio Giuba) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the autonomous Jubaland region. ...

Lower Juba Lower Juba ( so, Jubbada Hoose, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Jubithy Hoosy'', ar, جوبا السفلى, it, Basso Giuba) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somalia, gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Kismayo, it lie ...

Bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

, Bakol and

Lower Shabelle Lower Shabelle ( so, Shabeellaha Hoose, Maay: ''Shibelithy Hoosy'', ar, شبيلي السفلى, it, Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. Geography Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of Banaadir, ...

. These regions contain far more animals than the country's central, northern or eastern regions. Lower Shabele University and Bardera Polytechnic have partnered to train people to work in the agriculture and

livestock Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animals ...

industries.

Agro-pastoralism

The economy in the three Juba Valley regions, with the exception of fishing communities along the

Kismayo Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Kismanyy'', ar, كيسمايو, ; it, Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The cit ...

coast, make their living with agro-pastoral practices. The Institute will be the first in southern Somalia to advocate the development and growth of the livestock sector. Following the start of the

Somali Civil War The Somali Civil War ( so, Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; ar, الحرب الأهلية الصومالية ) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the Military dictatorship, military junta wh ...

in 1991, villagers and people in mid-sized towns started owning sheep, cattle or camel for milk and cash value. Most other jobs disappeared for two decades. During the 1970s and 1980s, farmers raised cattle for milk, meat and to sell at the Kismayo Livestock Market and for the meat processing plant in Kismayo. The Ministry of Livestock and National Range was the sole authority in Somalia for the welfare of domestic or wild animals.

Economic improvements

Social economists in Gedo Region led by Rowda Mohamed Barre and Bardera Polytechnic Dean Abdirahman Abdi Sheekh as well as elders in Luq, Bardera, Buale and Jilib and elsewhere in Juba Valley claimed that trained technicians helping farmers would improve the regional economy. As of 2013, only Kenya and Ethiopia buy Somalia livestock.

New markets

More wealthy markets in the Mideast receive no livestock beyond what is exported from Berbera and Bosasa ports. Only forty thousand heads of sheep and camel reach Saudi markets for two festival occasions there. None of these animals are from top livestock regions in southern Somali. The three Juba Valley Regions contain some 30% of Somalia's livestock headcount.

Wild animals

Until the 1970s, the mountain areas of Gedo hosted safari animals from

elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae an ...

s to

cheetah The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being , and as such has evolved specialized ...

s. Poachers killed most of them, but it is not uncommon to hear

lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

s roar during the night hours. Lions,

ostrich Ostriches are large flightless birds of the genus ''Struthio'' in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, and kiwis. There are ...

es,

oryx ''Oryx'' is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes. Their pelage is pale with contrasting dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight. The exception is the scimitar oryx, which l ...

giraffe The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus ''Giraffa''. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to be one species, ''Giraffa camelopardalis ...

warthog ''Phacochoerus'' is a genus in the family Suidae, commonly known as warthogs (pronounced ''wart-hog''). They are pigs who live in open and semi-open habitats, even in quite arid regions, in sub-Saharan Africa. The two species were formerly cons ...

s and

hyena Hyenas, or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek , ), are feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae . With only four extant species (each in its own genus), it is the fifth-smallest family in the Carnivora and one of the smallest in the clas ...

s are plentiful around the grassy lands of the western part of the Bardera District, between the towns of

Gerileey Geriley ( so, Gerileey) is a small town in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. Overview The town originally acquired its name ''Geriley'' from the abundant local wildlife; in particular, giraffes ("geri" in the Somali language). arod.html" ...

and Fafahdun. Between Buale and Jilib, there are aggressive lions who kill animals, mostly camel coming in the area for grazing during dry season in mid-region grazing areas from El Wak to Sakow.

Zoos

Zoos have been proposed for

Garbaharey }, Maay: ''Garbiharey'', ) is the capital of Gedo, an administrative region in southern Somalia. It is the third largest and most populous city in Gedo region after Bardera and Luuq. History During the Middle Ages, Garbahare and its surrounding ...

and Kismayoe.

External links

Bardera Polytechnic www.baardheerepolytechnic.org
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