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FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SUDAN - 19 December 1996

Year of publication 1996

Author Trade and Markets Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Special Reports and Alerts

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Sudan from 19 November to 11 December 1996 to estimate production from the current harvests of sorghum and millet and to forecast that for the wheat crop of 1996/97. The cereal situation for the 1996/97 marketing year was assessed including trade forecasts and the national and regional food aid requirements. The Mission visited all 16 states in the northern part of the country and two states in the south. The remaining eight states in th e south had been visited by an earlier FAO mission in September/October and the assessment of Southern Sudan is included in this Special Report. Due to the better coverage of southern Sudan this year, the report includes a more complete picture of agricultural production in the south and so, for the whole of Sudan. All the significant cereal growing areas were visited, together with specific locations previously identified as in need of food assistance. Full cooperation was received from t he Government’s Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Animal Wealth (MANRAW) and two of their senior staff accompanied and assisted the Mission throughout. The state and provincial offices of MANRAW provided useful information to the Mission in the form of local crop statistics and qualitative descriptions of the growing season. Assistance was also received from the federal and state-level offices of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) which is responsible for early warning and for fo od aid assessments throughout the country. One staff member of HAC and one from the National Development Foundation assisted the Mission during its field work. In addition, the Mission consulted state and provincial administrative leaders and officials, and the Agricultural Bank of Sudan.

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