{"id":182262,"date":"2015-08-20T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/central-darfur-farmers-pray-for-rain\/"},"modified":"2015-08-20T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T13:30:00","slug":"central-darfur-farmers-pray-for-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/central-darfur-farmers-pray-for-rain","title":{"rendered":"Central Darfur farmers &#8216;pray for rain&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Farmers in Central Darfur conducted traditional &#39;rain prayers&#39; this week, to prevent the failure of the coming harvest, owing to the late and irregular start of the rainy season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a big chance that the current agricultural season will significantly fall short to expectations,&rdquo; a farmer told Radio Dabanga from Bindisi.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The authorities need to develop an urgent plan to confront the worst,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The situation is particularly acute in Bindisi, Mukjar, Garsila, and Um Dukhun localities, as well as the area of Foro Baranga in West Darfur.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>El Malam valley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The residents of El Malam in East Jebel Marra last week welcomed the water flowing into Wadi El Malam.<\/p>\n<p>A villager from the area told Radio Dabanga that the water course is usually filled by water coming from Jebel Marra by the end of June. &ldquo;We are very glad that the rainy season has finally begun.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in Central Darfur conducted traditional &#8216;rain prayers&#8217; this week, to prevent the failure of the coming harvest, owing to the late and irregular start of the rainy season.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is a big chance that the current agricultural season will significantly fall short to expectations,\u201d a farmer told Radio Dabanga from Bindisi.<br \/>\n\u201cThe authorities need to develop an urgent plan to confront the worst,\u201d he said. \u201cThe situation is particularly acute in Bindisi, Mukjar, Garsila, and Um Dukhun localities, as well as the area of Foro Baranga in West Darfur.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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