Agriculture Ministry Sends Team To Assess Areas Affected by Drought In Jonglei The Jonglei State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has sent agriculturalists to assess harvest outcomes in the most affected Counties by drought in the State. 25 July 2015
By Jacob A. Jok BOR, 24 July 24, 2015 [Gurtong] – The Agriculture Minister in the State Mayen Ngor Atem says the team was sent to areas of Twic East, Duk and Bor Counties. He said that the team also comprises of Non-governmental Organization. Mayen said since the beginning of this year famers have been willing to cultivate to overcome hunger, however the villages of Badit and Jalle were hit by drought leading to crops failure. “I have three agriculturalists who are participating in the assessment; it is called free harvest assessment. So now they are studying the situation, they are surveying the situation, they are collecting the information,” Minister Mayen Ngor Atem said. “When they come they will give us the reports about what is happening on the ground, so we are waiting for the information,” He told Gurtong. He however said that, despite the drought, 2015 will have better harvest than the previous year. This he said is because in 2014 there was major crisis in the country but said rainfall is expected in the months of August and September and farmers should prepare for the second planting season to curb the situation. Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14op5MFiS2YpYt96WcaP66pZEK1%3D5yNx3E-O5TB9xVxp3zw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
