Executive Summary

This report sets out the state of digital agriculture in Somalia. It reviews the policies and strategies that guide digital agriculture,
reviews the policies and strategies that guide digital agriculture, the digital systems the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has
the digital systems the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has built for farmers, the progress of the national ID, the role of the
built for farmers, the progress of the national ID, the role of the private sector, the challenges that remain, the opportunities ahead
private sector, the challenges that remain, the opportunities ahead and the path to scale.
and the path to scale.
Digital tools offer a practical way to raise productivity, warn
Digital tools offer a practical way to raise productivity, warn farmers of climate shocks and connect them to markets and
farmers of climate shocks and connect them to markets and finance. Between 2025 and 2026 the Ministry of Agriculture and
finance. Between 2025 and 2026 the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI) moved from isolated pilots towards a national
Irrigation (MoAI) moved from isolated pilots towards a national framework. It launched the Somalia National Digital Agriculture
framework. It launched the Somalia National Digital Agriculture Strategy and Action Plan 2025–2029 on 20 August 2025, prepared by
Strategy and Action Plan 2025–2029 on 20 August 2025, prepared by the Ministry with support from FAO; prepared the Somalia Digital
the Ministry with support from FAO; prepared the Somalia Digital Agriculture Roadmap 2025–2028 through the Food Systems
Agriculture Roadmap 2025–2028 through the Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP) with support from the World Bank; and
Resilience Project (FSRP) with support from the World Bank; and completed the first national assessment of farmers’ digital needs.
completed the first national assessment of farmers’ digital needs.
The Ministry also delivered working systems. It registered 132,297
The Ministry also delivered working systems. It registered 132,297 farmers on the Somali Farmer Registration Platform (SOFAREP),
farmers on the Somali Farmer Registration Platform (SOFAREP), 61.1% of them women, built an e-voucher application to verify
61.1%

of them women, built an e-voucher application to verify them, runs the e-Fidiye advisory app and the 507 farmer call
them, runs the e-Fidiye advisory app and the 507 farmer call centre, which has reached 130,000 farmers with SMS flood
centre, which has reached 130,000 farmers with SMS flood warnings, and developed a seed certification and traceability
warnings, and developed a seed certification and traceability system (MoAI, 2026)