Sudan: As Sudan’s war rages, its farmers help fill the hunger gap

Published 2024년 7월 24일

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A wheat production initiative funded by the African Development Bank and implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP) is significantly boosting wheat harvests in Sudan, which is facing severe food insecurity due to ongoing civil war. The project provides fertilizers, seeds, and modern farming equipment to smallholder farmers, increasing wheat production by up to 70% in some regions and producing nearly 645,000 metric tons of wheat this year. This initiative is crucial as Sudan's typical wheat harvest has drastically reduced, and the country hosts one of the world's largest hunger and displacement crises. The project has also supported internally displaced people, offering hope for improved agricultural practices and long-term settlement in more stable areas like Northern State.
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A WFP-African Development Bank wheat project is boosting harvests amid catastrophic food insecurity. Standing in a field of golden wheat, Imad is a long way from his life as a mechanic in Sudan’s once-bustling capital of Khartoum. Today, the city lies in ruins after more than a year of civil war, and he has a new job working the land and harvesting its bounty in the northern village of Kubday. “They gave us all we need and we farmed, thanks to God,” says Imad, 59 (whose last name is being withheld for his protection), referring to an emergency wheat production initiative financed by the African Development Bank and rolled out by the World Food Programme (WFP) in five Sudanese states. As conflict rips this East African country apart, it seems unimaginable that Sudan can still deliver the harvests that long made it one of the largest agricultural producers in Africa and the Middle East. Yet, despite increased violence, many of the 170,000 smallholder famers enrolled in the wheat ...

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