Informing humanitarians worldwide 24/7 — a service provided by UN OCHA

Sudan

Special Report 2022: FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to the Sudan, 20 March 2023

Assessment
Source
Posted
Originally published
Origin
View original

Between 11 and 31 December 2022, following a request by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoAF), the Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS), assisted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fishery (MoARF), the Strategic Reserve Corporation (SRCo), the World Food Programme (WFP), the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), carried out its annual Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) to determine the 2022 crop production and the food supply situation throughout the 18 states of the country.

Field visits were designed to collect data and information from state ministries and irrigation schemes and to audit it through transects, field observations and interviews with farmers and independent key informants.
The aim of the recommendations is to strengthen domestic production, to improve food security and to enhance market functioning in the country.

Highlights

  • The 2022 national cereal production (including wheat crops to be harvested in March 2023) is estimated at about 7.4 million tonnes, 45 percent above the output obtained in the previous year and 13 percent above the average of the previous five years.

  • Sorghum production is estimated at about 5.2 million tonnes, about 50 percent higher than the level of the previous year and about 20 percent above the average of the past five years. Millet output is estimated at 1.7 million tonnes, 86 percent higher than the output obtained in 2021 and 12 percent above the average of the previous five years.

  • The significant increase in total cereal production is due to favourable weather conditions which boosted yields, sufficient availability of inputs (despite their high prices) and limited damages by pests and diseases.

  • Production of wheat, for harvesting in March 2023, is forecast at about 476 000 tonnes, about 30 percent below the previous year’s average output, reflecting reduced plantings in favour of legumes and spices.

  • Input availability improved compared to the previous year, although input costs have increased due to inflation, leading to soaring costs of production.

Related Content