Somalia - Agricultural sector survey

Repor No. 6131-SO Somalia Agricultural Sector Survey Main Report and Strategy December 30,1987 Agriculture Operations Division Eastem Africa Department Africa Region FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Document of the World bank This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disdosed without World Bank authorization.  C'RRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As at April 1, 1987, when draft prepared) Currency Unit = Somali Shilling (So.Sh.) US$1 - So.Sh. 91.4 (Official rate) US$1 8 So.Sh. 150 (Free market rate) US$1 - So.Sh. 122 (Foreign exchange auction rate) Note: On October 12, 1987, the Government announced a return to a fixed official exchange rate of So.Sh. 100 per US$1.00. This situation existed at the time this report was printed. In this report US$ is sometimes abbreviated to $. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 meter (m) - 3.28 feet (ft) 1 kilometer (km) 0.62 mile (mi) 1 sq. kilometer (km2) 0.386 square miles (sq mi) I hectare (ha) 2.47 acres (ac) I metric ton (m ton) - 2,240 pounds (lbs) FISCAL YEAR January 1 - December 31 ABBREVIATIONS ADC = Agricultural Development Corporation AFMET = Agricultural Farm Management, Extension and Training Agency AIP Agricultural Inputs Program ASAP Agricultural Sector Adjustment Program CARS = Central Agricultural Research Station CIDA = Canadian International Development Agency CG Consultative Group CIP X Commodity Import Program CRDP - Central Rangelands Development Program CSBS = Commercial and Savings Bank of Somalia EDF. European Development Fund ENC Ente Nazionale Commercio (National Commercial Agency) FAO 8 Food and Agriculture Organization GDP = Gross Domestic Product GNP G Gross National Product GOS = Government of Somalia GTZ Gesselschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit  FOR OFMCUL USE ONLY HASA Hides and Skins Agency LDA Livestock Development Agency MCSS - Mogadishu Cold Store and Supermarket MFNR