Agricultural Engineering Research Program:

Agricultural engineering plays a crucial role in the expansion of agricultural areas and improvement in agronomic practices such as land preparation, planting and harvesting that assist in higher productivity and lower production costs.  Also, use of machinery and implements aids more efficient utilization of agricultural inputs and saves time and efforts.  In spite of the large agricultural areas and their continual expansion in the country, mechanization has not been adequately utilized to solve the problems of sugar cane, sesame, cotton and groundnuts harvesting, although some success has been achieved in some crops such as sorghum production. The program intends to improve and modify agricultural machinery and equipment to suit Sudanese conditions related to the production of various crops and to design prototypes and agricultural implements, as well as raising the efficiency of irrigation systems.

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