A harsh climate and a more than two decades civil war have devastated South Sudan, causing prolonged periods of hunger. To cover the hunger gap, CMA teaches the Sudanese people agricultural techniques such as recession agriculture where crops are grown during the dry season using swamp water left behind after the rains.

The gardens are established near swamps where the soil is moist and fertile. Irrigation canals are dug to channel the water into the plots. The farmers learn to cultivate, plant, harvest, store and preserve the produce from these gardens. Through recession agriculture, communities are able to grow food crops and efficiently preserve it, ensuring food security. Hundreds of families have been trained with vital and life-saving agricultural techniques while others have recieved crucial information on productive agricultural techniques.