{"id":450783,"date":"2025-10-30T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=450783"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:49:36","slug":"ministry-of-agriculture-appoints-task-force-to-investigate-low-quality-food-and-vegetable-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/ministry-of-agriculture-appoints-task-force-to-investigate-low-quality-food-and-vegetable-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Agriculture Appoints Task Force to Investigate Low-Quality Food and Vegetable Imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>MOGADISHU (SONNA) \u2013<\/strong> The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has initiated a decisive move to protect consumers and bolster local industry by appointing a special committee to investigate the importation of low-quality food and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>The task force has been ordered to prepare a comprehensive report, within a brief timeframe, on the markets and supply chains responsible for bringing these goods into the country.<\/p>\n<p>The newly appointed committee members include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Mohamed Muse Aden:<\/strong> Director of the Department of Production and Cooperative Development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Khadar Yasin Mohamed:<\/strong> A member from the Department of Agribusiness and Investment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abdihamid Jama Hassan:<\/strong> An official from the Minister&#8217;s Office.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This expert team is mandated to conduct a thorough investigation and submit a detailed report outlining the exact mechanisms by which foreign vegetables and food products enter Somali markets.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry&#8217;s objective is to use this data to formulate a strategic national plan to halt unnecessary importation. This initiative is designed to directly encourage and promote domestic production, providing critical support to Somali farmers.<\/p>\n<p>This action is a key component of the government&#8217;s broader efforts to strengthen Somalia&#8217;s internal agricultural sector, ensure food quality and safety for the public, and stop the flow of low-quality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOGADISHU (SONNA) \u2013 The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has initiated a decisive move to protect consumers and bolster local industry by appointing a special committee to investigate the importation of low-quality food and vegetables. The task force has been ordered to prepare a comprehensive report, within a brief timeframe, on the markets and supply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":450784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-450783","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\/450783","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\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450785,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450783\/revisions\/450785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}