Sudan's farmland is further reduced as fighting spreads further into the main food-producing areas.
A Sudanese refugee woman, who fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, carries a jerrycan of water as she walks to her makeshift shelter near the border between Sudan and Chad.A prolonged armed conflict in Sudan has incurred severe damage to the country’s agriculture sector, triggering an unprecedented food crisis.
“Sudan’s agricultural production had already faced many difficulties before the conflict, after which the economy plummeted even more to an extent closing to a full collapse, plunging the lives of all residents into distress,” said Asim Ismail, an agricultural expert. Entering 2024, Sudan’s farmland is further reduced as fighting spreads further into the main food-producing areas of central and southeastern Sudan.
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