00:02Along the bone-dry banks of the Nile in Sudan, farmers struggle to pull water to their crops.
00:08The powerful El Nino climate pattern, strengthening in the Pacific Ocean, which impacts winds and rains across the world,
00:16has delayed crucial rains and led water levels in the life-giving Nile to drop precipitously.
00:24We are facing a major problem, one we pray God will resolve, regarding the lack of rainfall, which threatens the
00:31sesame crop, a strategic commodity for the country.
00:34We pray that God sends us rain.
00:38We are struggling with the high cost of diesel and rising agricultural labour wages, as well as increased fertiliser prices.
00:45Last year, a sack of sorghum seeds cost 160,000 Sudanese pounds, but now it costs 270,000.
00:57Climate is the latest setback to hate Sudanese farmers.
01:01Before that, a civil war, now in its fourth year, and the war on Iran, which has made inputs such
01:08as fertiliser, unaffordable.
01:12We advised farmers to plant drought-resistant crops, and to take precautions such as delaying planting to avoid the problems
01:21associated with dry spells.
01:28Sudan imports all of its fuel and most of its fertiliser, costs for which have multiplied by up to five
01:34this year, as a result of war in the Gulf.
01:39Thank you very much,ètement.
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