{"id":440731,"date":"2025-05-05T14:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=440731"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:20:29","slug":"prime-minister-hamza-launches-national-conference-on-food-and-agricultural-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/prime-minister-hamza-launches-national-conference-on-food-and-agricultural-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Hamza Launches National Conference on Food and Agricultural Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2014 The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Hamza Abdi Barre, has reaffirmed his government\u2019s commitment to boosting domestic production as a key strategy for economic development and achieving national food self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the official opening of the National Conference on Food and Agricultural Investment, the Prime Minister addressed the major challenges facing local agricultural production and called on Somali entrepreneurs to invest in the country\u2019s farming sector. He emphasized the importance of reducing reliance on imports by increasing homegrown production to meet local demand.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Prime Minister Hamza also listened to presentations from Somali youth showcasing their innovations in agriculture. He encouraged young people across the country to pursue agricultural sciences and contribute to building a self-reliant and productive generation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-440732\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2835.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2835.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2835-300x228.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-440733\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2834.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2834.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2834-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2834-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2834-420x280.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-440734\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2836.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2836.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2836-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2836-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2836-420x280.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-440735\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2837.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2837.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2837-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2837-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2837-420x280.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2014 The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Hamza Abdi Barre, has reaffirmed his government\u2019s commitment to boosting domestic production as a key strategy for economic development and achieving national food self-sufficiency. Speaking at the official opening of the National Conference on Food and Agricultural Investment, the Prime Minister addressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":440733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440731"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440745,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440731\/revisions\/440745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}