Southwest state ministry of agriculture holds an evaluation meeting with local organizations in the state 

Southwest state agricultural ministry yesterday conducted a meeting in Baidoa town, with some of the humanitarian organizations that give support to the local farmers in the region where the ministry was briefed on the work done by these organizations.

Speaking to the media, state minister of agriculture Mohamed Hassan Fiqi who is also the acting state president said the purpose of the meeting was to evaluate the work performance carried out by the several dozens of private humanitarian organizations operating in the region.

“The aim of the meeting was solely consultation. We asked ourselves what these organizations performed, achieved and the challenges they faced. There are about 40 humanitarian organizations working in the state serving the local people with plantation seeds and cash money. All of these were exclusively done for the local farmers who under come the state agricultural ministry. Notable among them is a UN organization called FAO that is supported by world donors” said Minister Fiqi.

He mentioned of an earlier meeting held in Nairobi between his ministry and the UN international organization FAO.

“Before there was a prior meeting we had with FAO in Nairobi, Kenya for 3 consecutive days where we deliberated on how my ministry, local organizations and FAO can work together which resulted for us to be the flag bearers leading to the facilitation for such a big meeting to take place today” added Minister Fiqi.

Minister Fiqi was unconcealed of expressing his official stand on the shortcomings done by these organizations. “We shared with them our stand on their weakness.”

Present also in the meeting were state ministries of fishery and veterinary who according to the minister Fiqi are also major partners in the farming program in the state.

He particularly passed his gratitude to the federal ministry of planning and international cooperation for making the gathering possible.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger serving both developed and developing countries.

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