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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: SOMALIA FARMERS CLIMATE CHANGE
HEADLINE: Extreme Climate Conditions in Somalia Displace Farmers, Disrupt Production
TEASER: Somali smallholder farmers share their experiences of how climate change is taking a toll
PUBLISHED AT:
BYLINE: Jamal Ahmed Osman
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
VIDEOGRAPHER: Abdulkadir Zubeyr
VIDEO EDITOR: Abdulkadir Zubeyr
PRODUCER:
ASSIGNING EDITOR: Africa Division Editors
SCRIPT EDITORS: Salem Solomon, KEnochs, Baragona
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original
PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV X RADIO X
TRT: 2:06
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG/RADIO
EDITOR NOTES: All SOTs have been introduced so it works for radio. For questions and final review, send it back to Africa Division’s senior editor, Salem Solomon, email: salemsolomon@voanews.com, Africa Division’s executive producer, Betty Ayoub, email: bayoub@voanews.com ))
((INTRO))
[[Last year, Somali farmers faced the dual threats of drought and flooding. Jamal Ahmed Osman spoke with farmers who shared their experiences of how extreme climate conditions are taking a toll, in this report narrated by VOA’s Arash Arabasadi.]]
((NARRATOR))
Here in Kalundi village in the Middle Shabelle region, about 90 kilometers north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, farmer Ismael Hassan is among many who say they’ve felt the impact of climate change.
[[Radio track: Hassan says that changes in seasonal weather patterns make it hard to earn a living. Sometimes drought leaves his seeds lacking water. Or too much rain floods riverbanks, posing a challenge, he says.]]
((Ismael Hassan, Farmer)) ((Male, in Somali))
“You may not break even due to weather changes. When ready to cultivate, you might lack water for the seeds due to drought, or excess water can break riverbanks during rainy seasons, posing a challenge.”
((NARRATOR))
Another farmer, Muddey Osman, now displaced in Jowhar district, says too much and too little water have forced him to leave his farm, twice.
[[Radio track: Osman says his harvest is affected by climate change, facing floods and droughts each year. When water submerges his farm, he must relocate. The same happens in a drought, he says.]]
((Muddey Osman, Farmer)) ((Male, in Somali))
“Our harvest is affected by climate change, facing floods and droughts each year. When water submerges, we must relocate. The same occurs during the drought season.”
((NARRATOR))
Jowhar district farmer Jamaallo Ahmed Safar also says drought has impacted farming in this area.
[[Radio track: Safar says over the last four years, they have experienced continuous droughts, and each time they sow their crops, the river runs dry.]]
((Jamaallo Ahmed Safar, Farmer)) ((Female, in Somali))
“For the past four years, we have endured persistent droughts, and each time we sow our crops, the river runs dry.”
((NARRATOR))
Heavy rains and floods affected more than 1.2 million people late last year, according to the United Nations, following years of drought that caused near-famine conditions. Activists like Abdulkadir Aba-Nur say climate extremes are causing food scarcity in the country.
((Abdulkadir Aba-Nur, Climate Change Activist)) ((Male, in English))
“We need real change and action to address climate change issues which affected the whole country, especially for the farmers and all other sectors. “
((NARRATOR))
Farmers and climate activists like Aba-Nur worry about long-term decreases in food production and the impacts on the country as climate extremes become more common.
((For Jamal Osman in Mogadishu, Somalia, Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
BylineJamal Ahmed Osman
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
