Hydraulics Research Center

In collaboration with Strengthening Drought Resilience for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in the IGAD Region (DRESS EA) project 🌍, the General Administration of Pasture and Fodder 🌾 has started implementing the activity of Support Formation and Facilitation of Existing Farmer and Pastoralists Cooperatives Associations at Community Level in Elsalam Locality – White Nile State on 19/11/2025 📅.

The main objective of this activity 🎯 is to support the Formalization and legal registration of farmers and pastoralist cooperative associations at the community level in Elsalam locality, specifically:

Support the establishment and formation of (11) cooperative associations 🤝 (7) for farmers 🌱 in village clusters, while (4) for pastoralists 🐪 in livestock routes which can play a crucial role in supporting farmers and pastoralists for promoting sustainable practices.

Provide and support specialized services like credit 💳, supplying agricultural inputs 🌿 and technical assistance 🛠️

Offer training and capacity building for association members 📘💡

Sahara and Sahel Observatory - OSS
Hydraulics Research Center

🌾 In collaboration with Strengthening Drought Resilience for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists 👨‍🌾🐪 in the IGAD Region (DRESS EA) project, the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) 📡 has scheduled East Africa Drought Watch Training Workshop for November 24–27, 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya. 🌍

🌳 This training workshop is designed to strengthen the technical capacity of The Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA) staff 🌦️ and enhance our institutional readiness in line with the four components of the DRESS-EA Project and the four pillars of Early Warning Systems under the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative 🛰️, especially to learn how to use the East Africa Drought Watch platform 📊 for creating national drought bulletins. 📰

🔥 هل السودان مستعد لمواجهة الجفاف القادم؟
مع تصاعد التغير المناخي، يزداد التحدي... لكن الأمل أقوى 💪
🌿 مبادرات إدارة الجفاف والطوارئ تعمل اليوم لحماية المجتمعات من آثار الجفاف والتصحر.
من دعم المزارعين إلى إدارة المياه بذكاء 💧
معًا نبني سودانًا أكثر صمودًا... وأكثر استعدادًا للمستقبل! 🇸🇩✨

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🔥 Is Sudan ready to face the coming drought?
As climate change intensifies, the challenge grows… but hope is stronger 💪
🌿 The Drought and Emergency Management initiatives are working to protect communities from drought and desertification.
From supporting farmers to smarter water management 💧
Together, we’re building a more resilient and better-prepared Sudan! 🇸🇩✨


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Sahara and Sahel Observatory - OSS

🌿✨ أيدينا للبلد، وأملنا بلا حدود! ✨🌿

العاملون في مركز البحوث الهيدروليكية والمعاشيون 🌟 يعيدون بناء وطننا وغرس الأشجار، حاملين في قلوبهم التفاؤل والأمل 🌞💚، طامعين التوفيق من الله لنصنع غدًا مشرقًا ومزدهرًا لكل أهلنا.

🤝 متكاتفين، متحدين في رسالة البناء والتعمير، لنمنح شبابنا وطنًا يزدهر بالأمل والطاقة والحياة.

🌱🌸 كل شجرة تُزرع، وكل جهد يُبذل، خطوة نحو مستقبل أفضل!

💪 ويوجد هنالك أيضًا جنود مجهولون 🌟 الذين لم تلتقطهم عدسة الكاميرا، لكنهم جزء من هذه الرسالة العظيمة.

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🌿✨ Our Hands for the Country, and Our Hope Knows No Limits! ✨🌿

The workers at the Hydraulic Research Center and retirees 🌟 are rebuilding our homeland and planting trees, carrying optimism and hope in their hearts 🌞💚, seeking God’s guidance to create a bright and prosperous future for all our people.

🤝 United and working together in the mission of reconstruction and development, to give our youth a country that thrives with hope, energy, and life.

🌱🌸 Every tree planted, every effort made, is a step toward a better future!

💪 There are also unsung heroes 🌟 who weren’t captured by the camera lens, yet they are an essential part of this great mission.
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🚰✨ From the heart of World Water Week 2025 ✨🚰
📅 24–28 August 2025 | Stockholm, Sweden

Sudan presented its Drought Management Plan as part of the Drought Resilience in East Africa (DRESS-EA) project — a regional initiative bringing together Sudan, Kenya, Djibouti, and Uganda to strengthen resilience against one of the most pressing natural challenges.

💡 In an inspiring session titled "Drought Resilience in Action: From National Planning to Implementation," Sudan was strongly represented by Dr. Tilal Sayed Ibrahim, who highlighted the paradox between the vast land and water resources we possess and the challenges that still leave our people among the most vulnerable.

🌍 This participation was not just a presentation — it was a call to action: to transform potential into opportunities, and to make sustainable planning and adaptation the pathway to a safer and more prosperous future.

🔗 Global platforms like World Water Week give us the chance to amplify the voices of our region and to prove that challenges are not the end of the road, but the beginning of innovative solutions.

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Sahara and Sahel Observatory - OSS

بالتعاون مع مشروع مقاومة الجفاف DRESS EA 🌍، أطلق المجلس الأعلى للثروة الحيوانية والسمكية والمراعي 🌿🐑 مبادرة نوعية بمحلية السلام – قري السبعات، تهدف إلى تعزيز النظم الزراعية الرعوية المتكاملة 🌱 وإعادة الحياة للمراعي عبر نثر البذور 🌾 وشتل الشجيرات الرعوية 🌳، بمشاركة واسعة من المزارعين والرعاة 🚜👩‍🌾.

المشروع يسعى لإحياء الغطاء النباتي 🌳، نشر ثقافة الوعي البيئي 🌎، وتعزيز روح العمل الجماعي 🤝 لضمان استدامة الموارد الطبيعية ♻️.

وأكد الأمين العام للمجلس د. طارق عبد المحمود 👨‍💼 أن هذه الخطوة تأتي بالشراكة مع صندوق التكيف المناخي 💧، ومنظمة الساحل والصحراء 🏜️، والشراكة العالمية للمياه 💦، ما يعكس اهتماماً دولياً ومحلياً بتنمية القطاع.

فيما أشاد المدير التنفيذي للمحلية الأستاذ ماهر بشير 👔 بالدور الكبير للمجلس في تطوير قطاع المراعي 🐄 وفتح المسارات الرعوية 🚶‍♂️.

أما منسق المشروع م. يوسف عبد العزيز 👷‍♂️ فأوضح أن الأنشطة ستشمل نثر البذور 🌾 وزراعة أشجار السنط 🌳 والطلح 🌴 والهجليج 🌲، بمشاركة مجتمعية واسعة 🙌 تعكس حماس السكان في حماية بيئتهم 🌍 ومستقبل ثرواتهم 🐑🐄.
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In collaboration with Strengthening Drought Resilience for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in the IGAD Region (DRESS EA) project 🌍, the Supreme Council for Livestock, Fisheries, and Rangelands 🌿🐑 launched a unique initiative in Al-Salam Locality – Saba’at villages. The program aims to Promote agro-silvo-pastoral systems (dryland agroforestry) 🌱 and restore rangelands through seed scattering 🌾 and planting of pastoral shrubs 🌳, with wide participation from farmers and herders 🚜👩‍🌾.

The project seeks to revive vegetation cover 🌳, promote environmental awareness 🌎, and enhance community teamwork 🤝 to ensure the sustainability of natural resources ♻️.

Dr. Tarek Abdel Mahmoud 👨‍💼, Secretary-General of the Council, emphasized that this step comes in partnership with the Climate Adaptation Fund 💧, the Sahara and Sahel Organization 🏜️, and the Global Water Partnership 💦, reflecting both international and local commitment to developing the sector.

The Executive Director of the locality, Mr. Maher Bashir 👔, praised the Council’s great efforts in developing the rangeland sector 🐄 and opening pastoral routes 🚶‍♂️.

Meanwhile, Project Coordinator Eng. Youssef Abdelaziz 👷‍♂️ explained that activities will include scattering seeds 🌾 and planting Acacia 🌳, Talh 🌴, and Heglig 🌲 trees, with strong community participation 🙌 that reflects the people’s enthusiasm to protect their environment 🌍 and secure the future of their livestock 🐑🐄.

بالتعاون مع مشروع مقاومة الجفاف DRESS EA 🌍، أطلق المجلس الأعلى للثروة الحيوانية والسمكية والمراعي 🌿🐑 مبادرة نوعية بمحلية السلام – قري السبعات، تهدف إلى تعزيز النظم الزراعية الرعوية المتكاملة 🌱 وإعادة الحياة للمراعي عبر نثر البذور 🌾 وشتل الشجيرات الرعوية 🌳، بمشاركة واسعة من المزارعين والرعاة 🚜👩‍🌾.

المشروع يسعى لإحياء الغطاء النباتي 🌳، نشر ثقافة الوعي البيئي 🌎، وتعزيز روح العمل الجماعي 🤝 لضمان استدامة الموارد الطبيعية ♻️.

وأكد الأمين العام للمجلس د. طارق عبد المحمود 👨‍💼 أن هذه الخطوة تأتي بالشراكة مع صندوق التكيف المناخي 💧، ومنظمة الساحل والصحراء 🏜️، والشراكة العالمية للمياه 💦، ما يعكس اهتماماً دولياً ومحلياً بتنمية القطاع.

فيما أشاد المدير التنفيذي للمحلية الأستاذ ماهر بشير 👔 بالدور الكبير للمجلس في تطوير قطاع المراعي 🐄 وفتح المسارات الرعوية 🚶‍♂️.

أما منسق المشروع م. يوسف عبد العزيز 👷‍♂️ فأوضح أن الأنشطة ستشمل نثر البذور 🌾 وزراعة أشجار السنط 🌳 والطلح 🌴 والهجليج 🌲، بمشاركة مجتمعية واسعة 🙌 تعكس حماس السكان في حماية بيئتهم 🌍 ومستقبل ثرواتهم 🐑🐄.
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In collaboration with Strengthening Drought Resilience for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in the IGAD Region (DRESS EA) project 🌍, the Supreme Council for Livestock, Fisheries, and Rangelands 🌿🐑 launched a unique initiative in Al-Salam Locality – Saba’at villages. The program aims to Promote agro-silvo-pastoral systems (dryland agroforestry) 🌱 and restore rangelands through seed scattering 🌾 and planting of pastoral shrubs 🌳, with wide participation from farmers and herders 🚜👩‍🌾.

The project seeks to revive vegetation cover 🌳, promote environmental awareness 🌎, and enhance community teamwork 🤝 to ensure the sustainability of natural resources ♻️.

Dr. Tarek Abdel Mahmoud 👨‍💼, Secretary-General of the Council, emphasized that this step comes in partnership with the Climate Adaptation Fund 💧, the Sahara and Sahel Organization 🏜️, and the Global Water Partnership 💦, reflecting both international and local commitment to developing the sector.

The Executive Director of the locality, Mr. Maher Bashir 👔, praised the Council’s great efforts in developing the rangeland sector 🐄 and opening pastoral routes 🚶‍♂️.

Meanwhile, Project Coordinator Eng. Youssef Abdelaziz 👷‍♂️ explained that activities will include scattering seeds 🌾 and planting Acacia 🌳, Talh 🌴, and Heglig 🌲 trees, with strong community participation 🙌 that reflects the people’s enthusiasm to protect their environment 🌍 and secure the future of their livestock 🐑🐄.

🌾 Preparing the land for cropping under AC 3.1.3.1
🚜 Part of our commitment to sustainable farming in Project DRESS EA
🌱 Healthy soil is the first step toward a better harvest

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📅 Today, 16 July 2025, the DRESS EA Project Director (Director General of HRC) signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA).

🤝 This agreement formalizes collaboration to implement and manage all activities related to the Early Warning System (EWS) — with a special focus on the Drought Early Warning System.

This step marks a significant milestone in enhancing resilience and preparedness for climate-related risks in Sudan

📍 Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA), in collaboration with the DRESS EA Project, successfully concluded the 3-day workshop aimed at strengthening Sudan’s Early Warning System.

✅ Day 3 successfully completed!
The workshop concluded with a comprehensive implementation roadmap, including clear roles, timelines, and commitments from key stakeholders.

👏 Thanks to all participants and partners for their valuable contributions!

📣 Workshop Update – Day 2 Complete!
Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA), in collaboration with the DRESS EA Project, is hosting a 3-day workshop to strengthen Sudan’s Early Warning System.

✅ Day 2 successfully completed!
The Early Warning Framework was finalized with valuable inputs from stakeholders and experts.

Stay tuned for the outcomes of Day 3 – the final day!

📣 Workshop Update
Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA), in collaboration with the DRESS EA Project, is hosting a 3-day workshop to strengthen Sudan’s Early Warning System!

✅ Day 1 successfully completed!
We validated key assessment findings and laid the groundwork for an effective Early Warning Framework.

Stay tuned for more updates from Day 2 and Day 3!