El Geneina400 litres of water in Geneina now costs 25,000 pounds.
Failed rains meet a population war has already stripped of livestock, savings and stored grain.
The Centre for Humanitarian Change says El Geneina millet prices rose over 80% as Rapid Support Forces zones blocked some farmers from planting.
Rainfall picked up in late September, but researchers say it came too late to save most crops.
The centre warns depleted water tables and seed shortages could extend the crisis into 2027 planting season.
How each outlet framed it
- Radio Dabanga
- details farmers' adaptive crop shifts (millet, sorghum, watermelon) and warns of water insecurity extending into 2027
Sources: Radio Dabanga