Soma Chicken Farm is a poultry farm located in Garowe, Puntland that sells chicken meat, eggs, and manure and has demonstrated its ability to successfully raise poultry and sell into the local markets.

The chickens that are typically imported are often of low quality despite a large demand for quality poultry products in Somalia’s domestic market. While there are a few chicken farms operating in Puntland, most of these are small-scale farms that cannot meet the current demand. Soma Chicken Farm is one of the few farms implementing large-scale poultry production and is therefore a popular choice.

In 2015, the farm secured financing through a Shuraako-brokered investment, supporting the first phase of its planned expansion: the building of two new flock houses, purchase of incubators and a feeding/drinking system, the production of its own chicken feed, and selling of manure to local farmers. The loan also enabled them to hire additional staff.

After the successful repayment of its first loan, Soma Chicken Farm was able to secure additional financing from the Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund to begin phase two of its expansion project. The investment was used to purchase a 250,000 m² plot of land and construct a new poultry house nearby its first farm.