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Sudan has become the world’s worst displacement crisis and is on the brink of becoming the world’s worst hunger crisis. In total, more than half of Sudan’s population – nearly 25 million people – need humanitarian aid after more than a year of relentless warfare and indiscriminate violence have destroyed homes, towns, and civilian infrastructures.
The Cash Consortium of Sudan (CCS) is a collaborative platform that aims to advance a progressive vision of the potential of cash assistance to transform humanitarian response and recovery in partnership with vulnerable conflict-affected populations in Sudan.
In May and June 2024, the CCS commissioned a study funded by the European Union to better understand the capacity of commercial markets in select famine risk “hot spot” locations of Sudan to scale up the supply of staple foods to meet an increase in provision of multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA). It also assessed what market support interventions might be required to better facilitate and increase the impact of that scale up. The staple foods selected for focused analysis included sorghum, wheat and fava/Egyptian bean. The hot spots selected were West, Central and North Darfur; South Kordofan; and areas within greater Khartoum, including Khartoum city, Um Bada, Um Durman and Bahri. The study methodology included secondary data reviews and key informant interviews (KIIs) with market actors, regulatory bodies, service providers and organisations active in Sudan, especially in the hot spot locations. As cross-border trade is vital to the availability of staple goods in Sudan, KIIs with actors based in South Sudan and Chad were also undertaken.