{"id":70,"date":"2020-09-19T17:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T17:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/?p=70"},"modified":"2020-09-19T17:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T17:32:33","slug":"extreme-weather-in-south-sudan-more-insights-on-how-to-mitigate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/2020\/09\/19\/extreme-weather-in-south-sudan-more-insights-on-how-to-mitigate-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Weather in South Sudan- more insights on how to mitigate it&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flooding is one of the typical extreme weather situations affecting South Sudan for the past five years. Millions of households are been displaced; people are made homeless, food security is in shambles. I have been personally involved in providing response mechanisms to address the effect of extreme weather conditions&#8230;  My post-graduate studies in NUI, Galway, Ireland on climate change, Agriculture, and Food Security, has my thesis on carbon sequestration in tree species has provided valuable academic views on how to mitigate the persistent flooding happening in South Sudan on yearly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/6._South_Sudan_Crisis__Presentation__2014_09_23_Page_7-2-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/6._South_Sudan_Crisis__Presentation__2014_09_23_Page_7-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/6._South_Sudan_Crisis__Presentation__2014_09_23_Page_7-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/6._South_Sudan_Crisis__Presentation__2014_09_23_Page_7-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/6._South_Sudan_Crisis__Presentation__2014_09_23_Page_7-2-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/6._South_Sudan_Crisis__Presentation__2014_09_23_Page_7-2-1600x900.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/6._South_Sudan_Crisis__Presentation__2014_09_23_Page_7-2.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Picture above: Where i was involved in field work to establish information about the impact of flooding on the livelihoods of people in South Sudan &#8211; 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding-1.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><figcaption>Flooding in Ayod , Jonglei state where the accommodation of Humanitarians workers was washed overnight by floodwater in July- 2020 Photo: courtesy of Yoal Yol. FAO  National  Emergency officer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"989\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding3.jpg 989w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding3-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/francis-kagbeni-muana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2020\/09\/flooding3-768x569.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><figcaption>Displaced communities in Nyal , panyijar County , South Sudan using fan Palm tree as a local canoe to relocate to highland during Flooding in July 2020  Photo: courtesy of Yoal Yol . FAO National Emergency officer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flooding is one of the typical extreme weather situations affecting South Sudan for the past five years. 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