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Trade and Market Bulletin West Darfur - Covering June to August 2012

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Headlines • Cereal prices were stable or fell across West Darfur in anticipation of a good harvest after a favourable rainy season

• Livestock prices stabilized or increased slightly, although the price of meat in Geneina reached the same level as in Khartoum

• The limited availability of cash crops such as sesame and kerkadeh in many markets in West Darfur is unusual and deserves further investigation

• The price of fresh fruit and vegetables such as onions and tomatoes increased, a normal seasonal trend

• The rainy season hampered trade movements on many of West Darfur’s major trading routes. Transport costs generally increased

• Opportunistic gold prospecting in North Darfur has caused shortages of agricultural labour in parts of West Darfur; labour migration to Libya has resumed, particularly from some IDP camps