Crop production and food security assessment for the northern states of the Sudan 2009/10
, 08/02/2010 - ASSESSMENT MISSION HIGHLIGHTS
• The cereal harvest for the northern states of the Republic of the Sudan is estimated at
3.13 million tonnes, comprising 2.34 million tonnes of sorghum, 0.44 million tonnes of
pearl millet and a low forecast for a wheat harvest in April/May 2010 (only partially
planted during the assessment) of 0.34 million tonnes.
Written by Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and FAO - SIFSIA in Collaboration with ERCU