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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