# Somali farming, livestock and fishing companies: directory

> Somali farms, livestock traders, poultry farms and fishing companies we can source, from the colonial plantations to firms founded since 2010, with founding year, base and source.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/businesses/farming-livestock-and-fishing-directory/
Last checked: 2026-11-12
Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com)

## About this list

Livestock is Somalia's largest export. [Hiiraan Online](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/), citing official figures, reported in January 2025 that livestock brings in about $1.07 billion a year and, in normal years, about 80% of export earnings, with Saudi Arabia as the main buyer ([Hiiraan Online, January 2025](https://hiiraan.com/news4/2025/Jan/199738/somalia_s_livestock_monopoly_controversy_sparks_push_for_accountability.aspx)). Most herds belong to families rather than companies. A 2019 Clingendael study found the livestock trade more open to competition than telecoms or money transfer, with some old trading houses, such as the Indha-Dheero and Omar groups, holding strong positions ([Clingendael, Transnational capital in Somalia, 2019, p. 46 and note 126](https://kpsrl.org/sites/kpsrl/files/2020-03/transnational-capital-in-somalia%20updated%20report.pdf)). Commercial farms grow fruit and vegetables for city markets, and fishing firms sell to Somali cities and to buyers in the Gulf. Many rows come from the profiles of firms financed through Shuraako, a lending programme of the One Earth Future foundation ([Shuraako, clients](https://shuraako.org/wp-sitemap-posts-avada_portfolio-1.xml)).

## Colonial-era firms

| Company | Type | Founded | Head office | Owner or head, and status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Società Agricola Italo-Somala (SAIS) | Plantations and sugar | 1920 | Jowhar (Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi); head office Genoa | founded by the Duke of the Abruzzi; sugar output 11,000 tons by 1957 | [Library of Congress, Somalia country study](https://countrystudies.us/somalia/57.htm) |
| [Royal Banana Monopoly](/en/economy/sesame-and-bananas/) (Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane) | Banana shipping and sales | 1935 | Mogadishu | Italian state; closed 1946, restarted 1950 | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Banana_Monopoly) |

## Livestock trading and cooperatives

| Company | Type | Founded | Head office | Owner or head, and status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobciye Cooperative | Member-owned investment cooperative buying livestock, fish and farm produce | June 2016 | Mogadishu | owned equally by members, who pay $0.50 a day; Amal Bank pledged in 2026 to lend to cooperatives that supply it | [Dawan Africa, 4 November 2026](https://www.dawan.africa/news/amal-bank-pledges-to-finance-small-cooperatives-supplying-kobciye) |
| [Saudi Emirate Veterinary Quarantine Management Company](/en/businesses/berbera-livestock-quarantine-companies/) | Livestock quarantine station | | Berbera | room for 300,000 animals at a time in 2014 | [National Geographic, 2014](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/robin-hammond-the-largest-trade-on-the-hoof) |
| [Berbera National Health Quarantine](/en/businesses/berbera-livestock-quarantine-companies/) | Livestock quarantine station | | Berbera | room for 120,000 animals in 2014 | [National Geographic, 2014](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/robin-hammond-the-largest-trade-on-the-hoof) |
| [Saudi International Livestock Quarantine Center (SILQC)](/en/businesses/berbera-livestock-quarantine-companies/) | Livestock quarantine station | 2025 | Berbera | private, regulated by Somaliland's livestock ministry | [SILQC](https://www.saliqc.com/) |
| Indhadeero Group | Livestock trade, construction | | | named among the old livestock trading houses | [Clingendael 2019, note 126](https://kpsrl.org/sites/kpsrl/files/2020-03/transnational-capital-in-somalia%20updated%20report.pdf) |
| Omar Group | Livestock trade | | | named among the old livestock trading houses | [Clingendael 2019, note 126](https://kpsrl.org/sites/kpsrl/files/2020-03/transnational-capital-in-somalia%20updated%20report.pdf) |

## Farms and dairies

| Company | Type | Founded | Head office | Owner or head, and status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Raaho Farm](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Fruit and vegetables | 2000 | Jibagal, near Garowe | about 8 hectares | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/raaho-farm/) |
| [Al Nur Mixed Farming](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Fruit, vegetables and dairy | | Jibgale valley, Puntland | 10 hectares; more than 30 cows and camels | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/al-nur-mixed-farm/) |
| [Al Baraka Mixed Farm](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Vegetables, fruit and camel milk | | Garowe | | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/al-baraka-mixed-farm/) |
| [Barisamaad Farm](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Crops | 2014 | Bursalax, Mudug | supplies restaurants, hotels and homes in Mudug | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/barisamaad-farm/) |
| [Masno Farm](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Fruit and vegetables | 2017 | Hora-haadlay, 28 km north of Hargeisa | about 56 hectares, 4 cultivated | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/masno-farm/) |
| [Dalsan Farms Company](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Fruit, vegetables and milk | 2018 | Burao | 100 hectares | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/dalsan-farm/) |
| [Evergreen Farm](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Fruit and vegetables | | Arabsiyo | | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/evergreen-farm/) |
| [Horn Gardens](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Greenhouses, seeds and farm supplies; own farm | 2016 | Hargeisa | Somaliland agent of Amiran; hundreds of greenhouses installed by 2019 | [The Star, 16 March 2019](https://www.the-star.co.ke/siasa/2019-03-16-somaliland-turns-to-greenhouse-farming-technology-to-feed-itself) |
| [Gobsoor Farm](/en/businesses/somali-commercial-farms/) | Greenhouse vegetables | 2015 | Arabsiyo | 32.5 hectares, 15 greenhouses, 14 staff in 2024 | [Shuraako, 2024](https://shuraako.org/?p=2669) |
| Soma Chicken Farm | Poultry, eggs | | Garowe | | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/soma-chicken-farm/) |
| Maandeeq Poultry Company | Eggs and poultry | 2015 | Hargeisa | described as the only large-scale poultry farm in Somaliland | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/horizon-aluminum-furniture-maandeeq-poultry-companyand-decoration-company-cloned/) |

## Fishing

| Company | Type | Founded | Head office | Owner or head, and status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Hafun Fishing Company](/en/businesses/somali-fishing-companies/) | Fishing and property | 1992 | Bosaso | | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafun_Fishing_Company) |
| [Al Siha Enterprises](/en/businesses/somali-fishing-companies/) | Fish, water, ice and laundry | 1997 | Bosaso | family company; sells fish to buyers in Djibouti, Yemen and Egypt | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/al-siha/) |
| [Ardo Fishing Company](/en/businesses/somali-fishing-companies/) | Fishing, lobster | 1997 | | 2 large and 6 small boats in 2022 | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/ardo-fishing/) |
| [Somali National Fishing Company (SNFC)](/en/businesses/somali-fishing-companies/) | Fish processing and export | 2002 | | exports about 80% of output; works with 21 fishing cooperatives | [Shuraako, 2025](https://shuraako.org/?p=2661) |
| [Badmaal Fishing Company](/en/businesses/somali-fishing-companies/) | Fishing | 2012 | Allula | sells in Bosaso and abroad | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/badmaal-fishing/) |
| [Sun Fishing](/en/businesses/somali-fishing-companies/) | Fishing | | Berbera | branch in Hargeisa | [Shuraako](https://shuraako.org/clients/sun-fishing/) |

For the trades around these firms, see [Livestock exports](/en/economy/livestock-exports/), [Sesame and bananas](/en/economy/sesame-and-bananas/) and [Fishing and the sea](/en/economy/fishing-and-the-sea/). For the fishing firms in more detail, see [Somali fishing companies](/en/businesses/somali-fishing-companies/).

## Related

- [Gulf bans on Somali livestock](/en/economy/gulf-bans-on-somali-livestock/)
- [Land law and land ownership](/en/economy/land-law-and-land-ownership/)

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