Control on grazing in Saraf Umra, North Darfur
On Thursday, the Commissioner of Saraf Umra locality in North Darfur, Abdallah Hamdan Bilal, ordered the formation of a committee to oversee the relationship between farmers and pastoralists. The committee is to secure crops on farms, control the movement of herders in the locality, monitor the pastoralists’ grazing routes, and prevent early grazing. The order stipulates that offenders will be fined with a maximum of SDG2,000 ($350) or one month’s imprisonment. Second-time offenders will have to pay SDG5,000 ($870) or will be imprisoned for two months. A third violation will be punished with a maximum fine of SDG10,000 or three months’ imprisonment. File photo: Nomads watering their camels in a dry wadi (river bed) in Darfur (Pete Wiggins) Related: North Darfur farmers, herders form protection committee (4 August 2014)
On Thursday, the Commissioner of Saraf Umra locality in North Darfur, Abdallah Hamdan Bilal, ordered the formation of a committee to oversee the relationship between farmers and pastoralists.
The committee is to secure crops on farms, control the movement of herders in the locality, monitor the pastoralists’ grazing routes, and prevent early grazing.
The order stipulates that offenders will be fined with a maximum of SDG2,000 ($350) or one month’s imprisonment. Second-time offenders will have to pay SDG5,000 ($870) or will be imprisoned for two months. A third violation will be punished with a maximum fine of SDG10,000 or three months’ imprisonment.
File photo: Nomads watering their camels in a dry wadi (river bed) in Darfur (Pete Wiggins)
Related: North Darfur farmers, herders form protection committee (4 August 2014)
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