Agriculture is an important employer in Sudan, with around 80% of the working population employed along the agriculture value chain.
The country is a major producer and exporter of sesame seeds, groundnuts and cotton.
Conflict is perhaps the biggest threat to sustainable food production in Sudan. Not only has it resulted in the displacement of millions of people, but it has also led to a lack of foreign investment and a crash in the economy, which has seen farmers unable to access finance to plant crops.
Conflict in the country has been ongoing for many years, and a military coup in October 2021 saw a resurgence of ‘ethnic’ wars. What’s more, at the end of August 2022, following a
