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Seed shortages in flood zones

    JOHANNESBURG

    Seed shortages have become one of the major difficulties facing farmers in the southern Gaza Province, where floods earlier this year hit the hardest, news reports said on Wednesday.

    Chokwe district director of Agriculture and Rural Development, Custodio Macome, was quoted as saying that 2,500 kits of seeds and tools distributed by the government and non-governmental organisations could only cover 60 percent of the needs. "We are worried because the planting season is passing us by and this may have serious consequences for people, whose livelihoods
    depend on agriculture," he said.

    Meanwhile, administrator Albeto Langane of Chibuto district also in Gaza said that his district was also running short of seeds for the second season plantings.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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