The Impact of Drought on Agricultural Production in Jowhar, Somalia

Abstract

This study consists of two variables, these are drought (independent variable) and agricultural production (dependent variable), so we focus on the relationship between drought and agriculture production, this study investigated the impact of drought on agricultural production in Jowhar farmers in Somalia. This study has three main objectives: the first objective of this study is to identify the impact of drought on farming, the second objective of this study is to identify the impact of drought on livestock, the third objective of this study is to identify the effects of socio-economic drought, the researcher found that there is a weak relationship between droughts on agricultural production. A study of the population was 120,000 and the sample was 100 farmers selected from farming villages in the district. A questionnaire was designed to gather information from the farmers. The data was analyzed with the help of using SPSS software. The study has shown that 86% of the respondents were male, and 14% were female. about 78% of the respondents fall the age between 20-30 years, second 30-40 of the Respondents were 19% the other of them of 40-50 were 3%. this implies that the majority of respondents were juniors, fresh and active who have the aptitude of enhancing the image of the farmers satisfied positive.