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War exacerbates long-standing irrigation crisis for Sudan farmers

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War disrupted Sudan's major irrigation system, leaving farmers without water to grow vital food crops.

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Sudan's long-running irrigation crisis in the Gezira scheme has been exacerbated by the civil war, leading to the breakdown of the centralized irrigation system and forcing many farmers to turn to solar-powered pumps as an alternative solution.

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