Section 4: current food security situation

Section 4 of paper: current food security situation

Due to decades of conflict between North and South Sudan, there are over a million displaced citizens within Sudan. These citizens’ families are split up and they are placed in refugee camps with hundreds of other lost, and displaced Sudanese people. Needless to say, they are given nothing to live off of. International aid is sometimes provided to these refugee camps, but that can not be relied on. With the implementation of a solid government these refugee camps could be handled with care and provided with nourishments. This leads to massive starvation and malnourishment in these overpopulated refugee camps. There are also many starving citizens that are not in refugee camps. These people attempt to partake in subsistence farming. Many challenges surround farming in Sudan. The country is obviously very poor, therefore can afford little to no farm equipment, technology, watering systems, or anything of the sorts to increase their yield. The environment does not assist agricultural efforts because of the extremely difficult to predict weather and fluctuation in precipitation. Lack of food availability causes prices to jump, making it even more difficult to afford. (84% for meat, 45% for sugar, and 40% for vegetables. 70% for transport which can be directly linked to the difficulty of obtaining and transporting food to those who need it). Livestock that are present are often riddled with diseases and live very short lives. It is very common that when livestock is eaten, the consumer will obtain a disease from the animal and die shortly after. All of these difficulties with farming allow the average Sudanese person to consume a very minimal amount of food, eventually to the point where death is looming. The mixture of hard work to produce the food in a harsh environment combined with the little nourishment that they are able to obtain leads to the statistic of nearly one fourth of Sudan dying of starvation. (SOURCES)