From Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
The United Nations reports that more than 3.3 million people are now experiencing food insecurity in Sudan. That number is expected to rise in the next several month to 4 million. About 11 percent of the countrys estimated 34 million people would be affected by the rise.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency says fighting, displacement and poor harvests prevent many people from receiving food. Rosanne Marchesich represents the FAO in Sudan. She is shocked by the size of crisis.
The numbers are quite astonishing,said Marchesich.
Ms Marchesich says Sudan is facing what she calls an early lean season.
When the harvest is finished and the amount of locally available food is diminished. Thats what the lean season is,said Marchesich.
She says food support is needed in millions of Sudanese homes for several reasons. She notes the conflicts in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan States, and especially in Darfur. Huge numbers of people have fled the violence. About 380,000 people were displaced in .
Ms Marchesich says, already this year, 280,000 people have fled their home in Darfur. Also, permanent and traveling planters and animal farmers sometimes fight for resources. And weather can be a major barrier to food security. Long extremely dry periods are followed by floods.
So, its really a human disaster and natural disaster a combination of the two, said Marchesich.
Low food supplies in parts of Sudan have caused a sudden rise in food prices. Meat price, for example, are up 45 percent. Vegetable prices have risen by 40 percent. In addition, the cost of transporting food has increased by 70 percent. Conflict in neighboring South Sudan makes the food situation more difficult. Refugees continue to cross the border and enter camps in Sudan.
The FAO official says it is very important to continue to provide these people with seeds and farm supplies. Help is also needed for communities around the camps, and for the refugees who return home.
And theyre returning to nothing. So these people need to have seeds and tools so that they can plant and have a harvest, said Marchesich.
Ms Marchesich says thousands of metric tons of seed are required and farmers need almost one-million agricultural tools.
And thats the Agriculture Report from Learning English, Im Caty Weaver.
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