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Sudan Journal of Agricultural Research

Analysis of policies related to wheat production in the Sudan
 

Abbas Elsir M. Elamin¹
 

Abstract:
 

This paper discusses the situation of wheat production in the Sudan with respect to its financial and economic profitability and international competitiveness. Also, it analyses the 1990s government reform policies and their role in wheat production and consumption. Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) has been employed to measure the domestic resource cost ratio to international value added, nominal and effective protection coefficients were also estimated for the same purpose. Results indicated that wheat production utilized the country's resources inefficiently (i.e. enjoyed no competitive position). The economic liberalization policy and removal of subsidy of the 1990s increased the price of  tradable inputs and consequently the cost of production. Wheat price also increased but less proportionally than increase in cost, leading to lower return to some producers and an accumulation of indebtedness to the majority of them during the 1990s decade.

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Sudan Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 3(2000) PP. 77-83