Sudan will need 3.5 million tons of imported wheat
Wheat
Sudan
Published Mar 30, 2023
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Sudan will need to import 3.5 million tons of wheat this year as its own crop could fall by a third as farmers switch to other crops, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts. This is reported by the Grain On-Line agency with reference to the Reuters agency.
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Some Sudanese farmers told Reuters that the government failed to buy their wheat on promised terms last year. As a result, grain growers do not have enough funds to sow wheat. Production of millet and sorghum, Sudan's staple food, is expected to recover this year thanks to rainfall, the FAO said. Thus, almost all grain imports this year (3.6 million tons) will be wheat. "This will have a major impact on the food security of millions of Sudanese as world wheat prices continue to rise and the country's national currency weakens," the FAO said in a statement. According to the Central Bank, in 2022 ...
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