Ms Siobhan Walsh:

In the opening comments I used one practical example of where we are working with small farmers in south Kordofan, distributing seed tubes to 6,000 farming households. Some of the real live issues while this conflict is ongoing are the burning of crops and farmers being attacked in their homes and on their land. The question of what we can do while there is still an active conflict is challenging. Farmers are being displaced from their homes and homelands. Trying to find pockets of being able to work with farmers to organise seed distribution where possible and appropriate is necessary but is an enormous challenge because of access. There is no food on the markets. Both farmers and mothers talk about spending 12 hours at markets to try and get enough sorghum for one meal for that day. They then have to worry about the next day when it comes. It is the appropriate question but it is challenging.