Policy challenges and food security in Alqadarif State, Sudan

Food security is under focused issue in Sudan as a whole and AlQadarif State is not apart from that. According to the integrated food security phases classification (IPC) report April (2015), about 60% of the population suffering from food insecurity in the State. This problem needs to be solved by...

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Published in:Independent Journal of Management & Production 2022-03, Vol.13 (2), p.570-605
Main Authors: Bushara, Mohamed O. A., Mohamed, Hassan H. I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Agricultural production
Agriculture
AlQadarif State
Annual reports
Climate change
Cotton
Economic growth
Exports
Food security
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Irrigation
Natural resources
Nutrition
Planning
Policy challenges
Population growth
Rural areas
Sudan
Water shortages
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Summary:Food security is under focused issue in Sudan as a whole and AlQadarif State is not apart from that. According to the integrated food security phases classification (IPC) report April (2015), about 60% of the population suffering from food insecurity in the State. This problem needs to be solved by clear and sound policies and strategies.  The main objective of this study is to investigate and evaluate the Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) policies and strategies in the State. To achieve this objective secondary data such as annual reports, policy documents were collected from all key line institutions and primary data were collected by the mean of a questionnaire the main results of this research are that: there were no clear food security and nutrition policy documents for the key line institutions in the State.  Also, there was a gap between the policymakers at the State level and the locality level. 42% of the policymakers at the locality level did not aware of the existence of the FSN body in the State. About 94% of the policymakers in the localities believed that the Chamber of Zakat plays a very important role in helping at FSN situations. About 92% of policymakers in the state said that finance is not sufficient. The majority of the localities policymakers, 94%, do not have any (FSN) database in their localities. Finally, the main recommendation of this study is to build a food security and nutrition policy/strategy putting the conservation of the natural resources in consideration.
ISSN:2236-269X
2236-269X
DOI:10.14807/ijmp.v13i2.1426