And livelihoods play a role, as well.
Lack of economic opportunities for the people, which results in conflict [the] issue of natural resource management conflict between farmers, agriculturalists and herders, for example. And then you also see drought and flood. So, its really a nation of human disaster and natural disaster a combination of the two, she said.
The lack of availability of food in many places in Sudan has caused food prices to jump.
Marchesich said, You can see an increase in food prices at about 84-percent for meat 45-percent for sugar 40 percent for vegetables and 70 percent for transport, which is very much linked to access and availability of the food.
The conflict in South Sudan only adds to the situation, as refugees cross the border seeking safer haven.
It is very, very important that we continue to provide the people and the host communities and the returnees and also those people in IDP camps with seed so that they can plant. And many are leaving the camp and returning back to their homes. And theyre returning to nothing. So these people need to have seeds and tools so that they can plant and have a harvest, she said.
Besides thousands of metric tons of seed, the FAO official said nearly one-million farming tools need to be distributed.
Whats more, Sudanese herders need help, too.
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