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CROP ASSESSMENT IN SOUTHERN SUDAN - 6 NOVEMBER 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 Crop Assessment Mission visited Southern Sudan from 11 September to 5 October, 1996 to estimate production of the 1996 sorghum, maize and millet crops and assess the food supply situation in the area. The Mission visited nine of the ten states of southern Sudan. The Mission received full cooperation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and from the Humanitarian Aid Commission at both federal and state levels as well as from concerned Ministries and parastatal organizations. The M ission also consulted with UNICEF both in Kenya and in Khartoum, with WFP and the major international and national NGOs working throughout Southern Sudan. Field visits were made throughout southern Sudan in cooperation with WFP and UNICEF staff at the Nairobi and Khartoum offices. The Mission estimates the total cereal harvest for 1996 at 473 700 tons, comprising 388 000 tons of sorghum, 85 000 tons of maize and 700 tons of millet. The millet was produced in the mechanized sector in Northe rn Upper Nile State. Small quantities of millet and rice are also grown in some other states but this has been included in the estimates for sorghum production. The above figures include an estimate of production for Raja Province in West Bahr El-Ghazal state, which could not be visited by the Mission because of logistic constraints.

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