# Somali commercial farms: greenhouses and irrigated farms in Somaliland and Puntland

> Somali commercial farms and farm-supply firms in facts: Horn Gardens, Gobsoor, Masno, Dalsan and Evergreen in Somaliland, Raaho, Al Nur and Al Baraka in Puntland, with founding years, size, crops and buyers.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## The short version

In [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/), farming families use both rain-fed and irrigated land; crops and livestock together make up about 42.9% of GDP by government figures, and farmers around Hargeisa supply its 1.3 million people ([Pharo Foundation, Somaliland Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Programme](https://www.pharofoundation.org/somaliland-agriculture-productivity-enhancement-programme)). Some farms are run as companies and grow vegetables, fruit and milk for city markets. Several of them borrowed from Shuraako, a lending programme of the One Earth Future foundation, which publishes a profile of each ([Shuraako, clients](https://shuraako.org/wp-sitemap-posts-avada_portfolio-1.xml)).

## Somaliland

- **Horn Gardens** set up in Hargeisa in 2016 as the Somaliland agent of the greenhouse supplier Amiran. By 2019 it had installed hundreds of greenhouses. A greenhouse with seeds, fertiliser, drip irrigation and one season of support from an agronomist cost about $6,000. Its own farm began with six greenhouses at Cara-yaambo, 32 km west of Hargeisa, staffed by six Kenyan agronomists ([The Star, Kenya, 16 March 2019](https://www.the-star.co.ke/siasa/2019-03-16-somaliland-turns-to-greenhouse-farming-technology-to-feed-itself)).
- **Gobsoor Farm**, founded in 2015 at Arabsiyo just outside Hargeisa, grew from 14 to 32.5 hectares with a Shuraako loan, and grows tomatoes year-round in 15 greenhouses. It had 14 staff in 2024 ([Shuraako, 14 November 2024](https://shuraako.org/?p=2669)).
- **Masno Farm**, founded in 2017 by a returnee from Canada at Hora-haadlay, 28 km north of Hargeisa, has about 56 hectares, 4 of them farmed, growing vegetables, melons, avocado, soursop and papaya ([Shuraako, Masno Farm](https://shuraako.org/clients/masno-farm/)).
- **[Dalsan](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/) Farms**, set up in [Burao](/en/regions/togdheer/) in 2018, has 100 hectares with 640 fruit trees, grows onions and peppers, and sells fresh milk in Burao ([Shuraako, Dalsan Farms](https://shuraako.org/clients/dalsan-farm/)).
- **Evergreen Farm** at Arabsiyo used its loan for a tractor, a delivery truck, 3,000 seedlings, solar pumps and drip irrigation ([Shuraako, Evergreen Farm](https://shuraako.org/clients/evergreen-farm/)).

In 2019 Radio Ergo reported that a local group, Somaliland Agriculture Technology, had trained 2,000 farmers in drip irrigation, and that about 10,000 farms across six regions were using it ([Radio Ergo, 13 March 2019](https://radioergo.org/en/2019/03/new-drip-irrigation-system-makes-farmers-in-hargeisa-happy/)).

## Puntland

- **Raaho Farm**, founded in 2000 at Jibagal, north-east of Garowe, farms about 8 hectares of onions, carrots, watermelons, guava, maize and other crops, and also trucks other farmers' goods to market ([Shuraako, Raaho Farm](https://shuraako.org/clients/raaho-farm/)).
- **Al Nur Mixed Farming** has 10 hectares in the Jibgale valley, grows fruit and vegetables all year, and keeps more than 30 cows and camels for milk ([Shuraako, Al Nur](https://shuraako.org/clients/al-nur-mixed-farm/)).
- **Al Baraka Mixed Farm** outside Garowe grows vegetables and fruit and sells camel milk to traders in Garowe; in 2021 it borrowed to drill a borehole and install solar-powered irrigation ([Shuraako, Al Baraka](https://shuraako.org/clients/al-baraka-mixed-farm/)).
- **Barisamaad Farm**, founded in 2014 at Bursalax in [Mudug](/en/regions/mudug/), sells produce to restaurants, hotels and households in the region ([Shuraako, Barisamaad](https://shuraako.org/clients/barisamaad-farm/)).

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