Strengthening Local Communities’ Resilience to Climate Change in North Darfur State, Sudan

Field mission report pasture seeds broadcasting August- sept.  2019

  • Introduction:

Strengthening the local communities’ resilience to climate changein North Darfur state is three years project implementing by Coopicooperazioneinternazionale in partnership with Sudanese Environmental conservation society (SECS). COOPi is a humanitarian non- confessional and independent Organization and SECS is a national non- governmental Organization registered in Sudan.

The field mission covered three clusters in Umkadada, Melliet,Malha and Umbaru Localities for Pasture seeds broadcasting forrangelandrehabilitation from August 25th to 07 September 2019.  According to community livelihood systems Malha and Umbaru are classified as semi pastoralists while Umkadada and mellite classified as, agro- pastoralists. In this season the four localities particularly Umkadada received high quantity of rainfall with good distribution which result in growing of very good and dense different pasture plants species. A lot of new generation of some tree species particularly Acaciatortelis, Acacia nubica, Acacia melifera… etc also observed.

Objectives of the missions:

  • Broadcasting of 11 tons of different pasture seeds species in 12 clusters

Teams:

 Four teams were sent to Umkadada, Mellit, mallhaand Umbarulocalities from August 25 –September 27.  2019, in order implementthe pasture seeds broadcasting in three cluster each locality.

 

Teams composition:

Locality

Visited areas

Team composition

(technical staff)

Malha

·         Marsus

·         Helief

·         Elhara

Mohamad Osman Abaker

– MUSTafaSenien

– Tegani Edris Ali (Pasture officer)

 

Um Kedada

·         Umsidra

·         Alarais

·         Alabyad

Ibrahim Ali Elnour,  

– AblegasiumGuma Mohamad

– SalhEsmail Adam

– Umkadada Pasture officer

 

Melliet

·         Armal

·         Bina

·         Sendy

–          ShrafeldeinMohd, Abdulrasul

–          Kawthar Mohamad Ibrahim

 

Quantity of seeds received:

Only 11,000 mt3 out of 20 mt3 tons of different pasture seeds species was received from the supplier as shown in the table below:

Species

Local name

Proposed Qu. Mt3

Received mt3

Remaining mt3

Blepharislinarifolia

Bagail

10

01

09

Dactylocteniumeagyptim

Abasabi

04

04

0

Cyamobsistetragonoloba

Guar

06

06

0

Total

 

20 mt

11 mt

09 mt

Note:

  • Mt3: Metric Ton
  • The quantity received represent 55% of the required quantity.

 Quantity of Pasture seeds broadcasted/ Locality

Locality

Clusters

Q. of seed broadcasted mt3

Area covered (Faddan)

Umkadada

·         Umsidra

·         Alarais

·         Alabyad

1.17

1.17

1.1.6

145.84

145.84

145.82

Total

 

3.5 MT

437.5

Malha

·         Marsus

·         Heliefe

·         Elhara

0.83

0.83

0.84

116.66

116.66

116.68

Total

 

2.5 mt

350

 

·         Enni

·         Turba

·         Gurbura

0.84

0.83

0.83

116.68

11.66

116.66

Total

 

2.5 mt

350

Melliet

·         Armal

·         Sendi

·         Bina

0.83

0.84

0.83

116.66

116.68

116.66

Total

 

2.5 mt

350

Grand total

 

11 mt

1,487.5 Faddan

 

 

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