Cereal Availability Study in the Northern States of Sudan
, 24/08/2010 - FAO/Sudan commissioned a cereal availability study in the northern states of the
Sudan in 2010. The overall objective of the cereal availability study was to assess the
volume of marketable surplus and the availability of cereals during the 2010
marketing year with the view to explore and determine different courses of action for
acquiring locally purchased cereals for relief and development activities.
The cereal availability study is based on both primary and secondary data sources,
including key producers-irrigation, traditional rain-fed and mechanized rain-fed
farms-as well as cereal traders and flour mills. A total of 209 producers, 124 cereal
traders and 14 flour mills were interviewed in 12 northern states of Sudan. The three
States of Darfur were not included in the study for security reasons. Samples were
selected in consultation with the Directors of State Agricultural Planning Offices and
other knowledgeable people. Attempts were made to include different categories of
traders (large, medium and small) and producers (irrigated traditional rain-fed and
mechanized rain-fed farms).
Written by SIFSIA - Sudan Strategic Reserve Corporation - Ministry of Agriculture