Sudanese farmers warn of failing harvests as hunger rises

A view of a farmland in the Gezira Scheme, Sudan May 17, 2022. Picture taken May 17, 2022. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

GEZIRA SCHEME, Sudan (Reuters) - On the fertile clay plains of Sudan's Gezira Scheme, farmers would have normally started tilling the soil weeks ago before planting out rows of sorghum, or peanuts, sesame and other cash crops.

Instead, in a country stalked by sharply rising hunger, swathes of the 8,800 square km (3,400 square mile) agricultural project lie untouched.