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SPECIAL REPORT FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SUDAN

Year of publication 2007

Author Trade and Markets Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Special Reports and Alerts

Edition 1

Language English

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    After a bumper harvest in 1998, Sudan's cereal production fell well below average in 1999 mainly due to farmers' response to prevailing low cereal prices and shifting to more lucrative cash crops, such as sesame. High incidence of pests and diseases, mainly birds, also affected yields. The situation worsened in 2000 as late rains, prolonged dry spells and localised drought severely affected agricultural production. Against this background, an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visit ed southern Sudan from 4 to 27 October 2000 and northern Sudan from 19 November to 6 December 2000 to assess current season cereal production, forecast wheat production from areas being planted, and estimate cereal import requirements, including food aid, in the marketing year 2000/01 (November/October). The Mission was able to visit 24 out of the 26 states in the country, both in Government and rebel-held areas. The Mission benefited from the full co-operation of the Federal Ministry of Agricul ture and the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), which both assigned senior staff to accompany the Mission. Planted area and yield estimates were provided by the State Ministries of Agriculture and staff of the various irrigation schemes, which the Mission cross-checked during field surveys and farmer and trader interviews. Discussions were also held with key informants from local government administrations, UN agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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    FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SUDAN - 23 December 1998 1998
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    In May 1998, FAO issued a Special Alert on the grave food supply difficulties in southern Sudan, particularly in Bahr el Ghazal, as a result of a succession of drought-reduced food production coupled with an intensification of the long-running civil strife. Later in the year heavy rains and flooding displaced a large number of households and damaged crops in the central and eastern parts of the country. These events prompted the fielding of an FAO Mission to southern Sudan in October and a joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to all the production areas in northern Sudan from 15 November to 3 December 1998 to estimate cereal production and food supply and assess food aid needs from the current harvest of mainly sorghum and millet and to make an early forecast of wheat production in the first quarter of 1999. Based on these estimates of production and carryover stocks, the Mission assessed the 1998/99 cereal status including export potential, import requirements a nd food aid needs.
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    FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SUDAN - 12 January 2000 2000
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    An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited southern Sudan from 10 October to 3 November 1999 and northern Sudan from 24 November to 13 December to estimate the 1999 cereal production and to make an early forecast of wheat production from areas now being planted. The Mission was able to visit 24 out of the 26 States in both Government and rebel-held areas. Based on these production estimates and an estimate of carryover stocks, the Mission assessed the overall cereal supply situat ion, including food aid needs for the 1999/2000 marketing year (November/October). The Mission benefited from the full co-operation of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), with both assigning senior staff to accompany the Mission. Pre-harvest area and yield forecasts were provided by State Ministries of Agriculture which the Mission cross checked during field surveys and farmer and trader interviews. Discussions were also held with key informants fr om local government administrations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including ACCORD, Sudan Red Crescent, German Agro Action, Action Contre le Faim, Care International, Oxfam, and from UNDP and UNICEF.
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