Many callers to Radio Ergo’s audience feedback platform in the last week of June wanted to engage with the radio’s farming and livestock experts, to overcome challenges in controlling crop pests or diseases and to access advice and treatment for livestock diseases. The largest number of calls came from people citing beneficial rainfall, some of it heavy, mostly in central and southern regions. Two callers from Hiran and Lower Juba described healthy crops ready for harvest. At the same time, a smaller number of people called about the severe impact of drought that continued to kill livestock and had left them destitute. These callers were mainly from central locations with a couple from the north. Other topics of interest for callers in this period were mental health challenges, and malnutrition.
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