Fact: It is estimated that the percentage of arable land in Somalia is a mere 2.2%.

The lack of a strong central government has fed into the continuous civil conflict plaguing the Somalian people, in many cases causing this small percentage of usable land for food growth to be destroyed.

Fact found from ruralpovertyportal.org.

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