5 January - Food Shortages in Panyijiar County after Flooding

5 January - (Nairobi) - Leaders from Panyijiar County are calling for the provision of emergency food supplies following floods which destroyed crops earlier this year. Thousands of people had to leave their homes and the vast majority do not have enough to eat.
Members of different political parties met for a conference in Panyijiar last week to address the issue of food security in the county.
Speaking to Sudan Radio Service on Monday, the coordinator of the conference, Peter Gai Joak, said they have decided to build a 78 kilometer dyke along the river to prevent flooding from the Nile during the rainy season.
[Peter Gai Joak]: “Food security is still a concern. People said there is a need for the construction of dykes because that can help in their agricultural activities. In fact the whole area is flooded. Most of the people could not attend the conference because of the floods.”
Gai said they are writing a proposal to submit to donors, including the state government, to fund the dyke project.
source: Sudan Radio Service (http://www.sudanradio.org/viewArticle.php?id=1827)