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I was looking at these interesting pictures of South Somalia and i immediatly became curious of how much buying a farm cost?

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=0.307208&lon= ... &tag=44605

Can anyone inform me about how much 1-5 hectar of farmland is for?

It all depends on location

I see..

It depends on your location. My family's farms sit on probably the single most strategic location in Somalia, directly on a river and surrounded by water reservoirs and small lakes, you can't find better land in Somaliweyn let alone Somalia. Unfortunately, the only way to estimate costs during this time of war is to go by the offers we have been made. The last I know of was a man who offered $4,000 per hectare, we have 600 hectares in total and he wanted to buy 200 of them. He was a commercial buyer so he offered far less than valued, I would multiply his offer by four to get minimum real-world value. Prices vary during war times but below is a good estimate of peacetime values per hectare.

Shabelle Hoose/Afgooye - $15,000 - $20,000 per hectare
Shabelle Hoose/Marka - $10,000 - $15,000
Hiiraan/Bulo Burde - $10,000 - 15,000
Jubbada Dhexe/Jilib - $10,000-15,000
Jubbada Hoose/Jamaame - $15,000 - 20,000
Gedo/Baardheere - $10,000 - 15,000
Shabelle Dhexe/Jowhar - $10,000-15,000
Bay/Bakool regions - $5,000 - 10,000

Those are the main agriculture belts in Somalia and that is what I think they are worth when you include many factors. I have my reasons for believing in those final values.

*A hectare is 2 acres by the way, and an acre is about the 3/4 the size of a football field so a hectare is about a football field and a half.

It depends on your location. My family's farms sit on probably the single most strategic location in Somalia, directly on a river and surrounded by water reservoirs and small lakes, you can't find better land in Somaliweyn let alone Somalia. Unfortunately, the only way to estimate costs during this time of war is to go by the offers we have been made. The last I know of was a man who offered $4,000 per hectare, we have 600 hectares in total and he wanted to buy 200 of them. He was a commercial buyer so he offered far less than valued, I would multiply his offer by four to get minimum real-world value. Prices vary during war times but below is a good estimate of peacetime values per hectare.

Shabelle Hoose/Afgooye - $15,000 - $20,000 per hectare
Shabelle Hoose/Marka - $10,000 - $15,000
Hiiraan/Bulo Burde - $10,000 - 15,000
Jubbada Dhexe/Jilib - $10,000-15,000
Jubbada Hoose/Jamaame - $15,000 - 20,000
Gedo/Baardheere - $10,000 - 15,000
Shabelle Dhexe/Jowhar - $10,000-15,000
Bay/Bakool regions - $5,000 - 10,000

Those are the main agriculture belts in Somalia and that is what I think they are worth when you include many factors. I have my reasons for believing in those final values.

*A hectare is 2 acres by the way, and an acre is about the 3/4 the size of a football field so a hectare is about a football field and a half.

Thanks for the info, but if i go by your logic then the prices must be cheaper right now because the country is in war, am i right?

Besides is it safe to travel there for the summer? Do the people have any clan hate, im Isaaq so i gotta know these kinds of things

Yes, prices are cheaper because of war. And you won't be discriminated against because of your clan, in Jamaame there are tons of Majerteen families living among Biimaal, Tunni, Jareerweyn and other exotic clans. Its a heavenly place. There's even a commercial farm called Hargeysa Yare owned by Isaaqs.

Yes, prices are cheaper because of war. And you won't be discriminated against because of your clan, in Jamaame there are tons of Majerteen families living among Biimaal, Tunni, Jareerweyn and other exotic clans. Its a heavenly place. There's even a commercial farm called Hargeysa Yare owned by Isaaqs.

Good to know

Wich of the places you mentioned are Al shabab free areas?

Its run by Al-Shabaab, which is why its the safest place in Somalia today.

Its run by Al-Shabaab, which is why its the safest place in Somalia today.

Are all of the areas you mentioned controlled by them?

Yeah, they just took over Afgooye today in fact so technically all of those regions are one huge territory which means you deal with the same people over and over again instead of worrying what the next checkpoint will be like or if there will be some militia waiting down the road.

Yeah, they just took over Afgooye today in fact.

Well if they are still in controll summer 2011, then im buying a cimaamad and khamis. Then i wont get killed by them

Yes, prices are cheaper because of war. And you won't be discriminated against because of your clan, in Jamaame there are tons of Majerteen families living among Biimaal, Tunni, Jareerweyn and other exotic clans. Its a heavenly place. There's even a commercial farm called Hargeysa Yare owned by Isaaqs.

Hargeeysa Yarey(Mareeray) is a OG degmo sxb.

There's Ogaden in Marereey? I used to hear about some Isaaq families there, I always assumed Hargeysa Yare (Yarey) was named for them.

Jigjiga yar in Hargeisa weyn of SL is also another Og village. My house with a large barkad and beautiful yard garden still stands there. I do visit once a year.

Land is cheap every where in Somalia, and there is relative tolerance.

no idea it was in those price ranges ... father owns 50 + hectars of farmland in afgooye. no wonder he hasnt sold them all these years . somalia needs to fix up so i can go and collect