VOA慢速英語:數(shù)百萬蘇丹人面臨糧食短缺

Millions of People in Sudan Facing Food Insecurity

數(shù)百萬蘇丹人面臨糧食短缺

From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語農(nóng)業(yè)報道。

The United Nations reports that more than 3.3 million people are now experiencing food insecurity in Sudan. That number is expected to rise in the next several month to 4 million. About 11 percent of the country's estimated 34 million people would be affected by the rise.

聯(lián)合國報告稱，蘇丹有330多萬人正面臨著糧食短缺。該數(shù)字預(yù)計在未來數(shù)月將上升到400萬。該國3400萬人口中，大約有11%的人口將受此影響。

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency(FAO) says fighting, displacement and poor harvests prevent many people from receiving food. Rosanne Marchesich represents the FAO in Sudan. She is shocked by the size of crisis.

聯(lián)合國糧農(nóng)機(jī)構(gòu)表示，戰(zhàn)亂，流離失所和糧食歉收使得許多人無法獲得食物。Rosanne Marchesich是糧農(nóng)組織駐蘇丹代表。她對危機(jī)的規(guī)模感到震驚。

"The numbers are quite astonishing,"said Marchesich.

她說，“該數(shù)字是相當(dāng)驚人的。”

Ms Marchesich says Sudan is facing – what she calls – an early lean season.

Marchesich女士表示，蘇丹正面臨著她所謂青黃不接。

"When the harvest is finished and the amount of locally available food is diminished. That's what the lean season is,"said Marchesich.

她說，“當(dāng)收成被吃光，而當(dāng)?shù)乜衫玫氖澄锪繙p少。這就是所謂的青黃不接。”

She says food support is needed in millions of Sudanese homes for several reasons. She notes the conflicts in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan States, and especially in Darfur. Huge numbers of people have fled the violence. About 380,000 people were displaced in 2013.

她說，數(shù)百萬蘇丹人需要食品援助有幾方面的原因。她提到了青尼羅州和南科爾多凡州的沖突，特別是達(dá)爾富爾地區(qū)的沖突。大量人逃離這一暴力沖突。2013年有38萬人流離失所。

Ms Marchesich says, already this year, 280,000 people have fled their home in Darfur. Also, permanent and traveling planters and animal farmers sometimes fight for resources. And weather can be a major barrier to food security. Long extremely dry periods are followed by floods.

Marchesich表示，今年已經(jīng)有28萬人逃離了達(dá)爾富爾地區(qū)的家園。此外，常住和遷徙的農(nóng)場主以及牧民有時會為資源而發(fā)生爭斗。同時天氣也是糧食安全的重要障礙。長期極端干旱期之后就是洪災(zāi)。

"So, it's really a human disaster and natural disaster – a combination of the two," said Marchesich.

她說，“所以這是天災(zāi)和人禍相結(jié)合。”

Low food supplies in parts of Sudan have caused a sudden rise in food prices. Meat price, for example, are up 45 percent. Vegetable prices have risen by 40 percent. In addition, the cost of transporting food has increased by 70 percent. Conflict in neighboring South Sudan makes the food situation more difficult. Refugees continue to cross the border and enter camps in Sudan.

蘇丹部分地區(qū)糧食供應(yīng)不足已經(jīng)造成食品價格暴漲。舉例來說，肉類價格漲了45%，蔬菜價格漲了40%。此外，食品運輸成本漲了70%。鄰國南蘇丹的沖突使得糧食形勢更加嚴(yán)峻。難民不斷越界進(jìn)入蘇丹的難民營。

The FAO official says it is very important to continue to provide these people with seeds and farm supplies. Help is also needed for communities around the camps, and for the refugees who return home.

聯(lián)合國糧農(nóng)組織官員表示，繼續(xù)為這些人提供種子和農(nóng)用物資非常重要。難民營周邊社區(qū)，以及回歸家園的難民也需要幫助。

"And they're returning to nothing. So these people need to have seeds and tools so that they can plant and have a harvest," said Marchesich.

她說，“他們一無所有回到家。所以這些人需要種子和工具，這樣才能種地并收獲。”

Ms Marchesich says thousands of metric tons of seed are required and farmers need almost one-million agricultural tools.

Marchesich女士說，農(nóng)民們需要數(shù)千公噸種子和1百萬件農(nóng)具。

And that's the Agriculture Report from VOA Learning English, I'm Caty Weaver.

以上就是本期美國之音慢速英語農(nóng)業(yè)報道的全部內(nèi)容，我是卡蒂·韋弗(Caty Weaver)。