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Research location: El Obeid and Alban Jadeed

El Obeid and Alban Jadeed
"Factories are polluting our environment. The over-cutting of forests is also affecting our environment, especially here in Northern Kordofan, through desertification."
 - Female, 25-34, El Obeid, Northern Kordofan

"The autumn rainy season has become shorter than it was the past. People here are badly affected by the lack of water… Kordofan depends on the autumn rains. Our agriculture is rain agriculture. The farming here is dependent on rain."
 - Female, 25-34, El Obeid, Northern Kordofan
 
"In the 1970s, water could be found near the surface of the soil. Now, water has dived much deeper into the earth; it’s become hard to reach, and the only way to get it is by digging wells."
 - Male farmer, 35-50, Alban Jadeed, Northern Kordofan
 
"In Kordofan, the soil has changed in terms of [food] production. Before, a piece of land for peanuts would produce between 15 to 20 sacks, now it only produces, say, 5 to 7 sacks of peanuts."
 - Male farmer, 35-50, Alban Jadeed, Northern Kordofan
 

Fieldwork locations

  • El Obeid is the capital city of North Kordofan state in central Sudan
  • Alban Jadeed is a small village south-west of El Obeid

Focus groups

  • Two focus groups with men and women in the capital city of Northern Kordofan state
  • Two focus groups conducted in a rural village a few hours south of the city