Farmers who lost their crops to floods are calling on the government of Warrap State to support them with food and non-food aid.
Aguot Mayol Akok, who heads the traders association in Pan Liet Payam, told Internews that nearly 80 percent of the cultivated crops in Gogrial West were destroyed by heavy floods.He said hunger was increasing in the area.
Mr Mayol called on the state government and NGOs to make an assessment of all areas which are affected by floods.
He said livelihoods in Pan Liet were in jeopardy and called on the government to intervene immediately and rescue its citizens.