Global partnerships/environmental sustainability
Problem- Sudan has a lot of natural resources including fertile land but a lot of the land is not being used for farming or for any practical uses.
Cause- there are numerous issues that make it hard for farming to really grab hold in Sudan, for instance, the impact of petroleum prospecting and drilling. It deteriorates the ground to the point where it makes it difficult to farm on as well as difficult for animals to thrive there. The most notable thing that holds farming back is the fact that a lot of the ecosystems are highly arid and so it makes it hard to cultivate the land and it makes it extremely difficult to keep the crop alive because of lack of water.
Solution- There could be some sort of governmental assistance plan that could be put into place in areas where the rainfall has caused a low yield of crops. This assistance plan could help by supplying water/irrigation, better seeds that have been modified to grow better in more arid areas, or even help to raise awareness for them so that they could receive help from even more people. The plan could take a little while to come up with but I’m sure with the help of countries that are in a better position or countries that have been in Sudan’s position but have recently overcame it would be able to come up with a solid plan that could be implemented rather quickly.
Problem- Although there seems to be a fair amount of rivers and lakes in Sudan a large amount of the country has extremely limited access to clean drinking water sources. Only 60% of the people in Sudan have access to drinking water.
Cause- They do not have efficient/cost efficient ways to clean up the water that they have. The lowest rate of people who have access to water but not clean drinking water is in the area of Red Sea, only 27% of people have access to water there.
Solution- So almost everyone is near some sort of water source, they just need a way to clean it well enough to drink it. That Ted Talk video about the lifesaver water filtration system seems like it would work miracles in an area such as Red Sea. It is fairly cost effective to bring in a large machine and it would work instantly. It filters out every known dangerous substance so it is completely safe. Maybe that technology for filtration could even be used as a permanent feature eventually too.
Cause- there are numerous issues that make it hard for farming to really grab hold in Sudan, for instance, the impact of petroleum prospecting and drilling. It deteriorates the ground to the point where it makes it difficult to farm on as well as difficult for animals to thrive there. The most notable thing that holds farming back is the fact that a lot of the ecosystems are highly arid and so it makes it hard to cultivate the land and it makes it extremely difficult to keep the crop alive because of lack of water.
Solution- There could be some sort of governmental assistance plan that could be put into place in areas where the rainfall has caused a low yield of crops. This assistance plan could help by supplying water/irrigation, better seeds that have been modified to grow better in more arid areas, or even help to raise awareness for them so that they could receive help from even more people. The plan could take a little while to come up with but I’m sure with the help of countries that are in a better position or countries that have been in Sudan’s position but have recently overcame it would be able to come up with a solid plan that could be implemented rather quickly.
Problem- Although there seems to be a fair amount of rivers and lakes in Sudan a large amount of the country has extremely limited access to clean drinking water sources. Only 60% of the people in Sudan have access to drinking water.
Cause- They do not have efficient/cost efficient ways to clean up the water that they have. The lowest rate of people who have access to water but not clean drinking water is in the area of Red Sea, only 27% of people have access to water there.
Solution- So almost everyone is near some sort of water source, they just need a way to clean it well enough to drink it. That Ted Talk video about the lifesaver water filtration system seems like it would work miracles in an area such as Red Sea. It is fairly cost effective to bring in a large machine and it would work instantly. It filters out every known dangerous substance so it is completely safe. Maybe that technology for filtration could even be used as a permanent feature eventually too.