Abundance in the north, shortage in the south

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1999
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en
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CTA. 1999. Abundance in the north, shortage in the south. Spore 81. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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A record cereal harvest is expected in northern Sudan this year, thanks to good distribution and quantities of rain, timely availability of inputs, and the relative absence of pests and diseases. The harvest is estimated at 6.5 million t, of which 75% is
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A record cereal harvest is expected in northern Sudan this year, thanks to good distribution and quantities of rain, timely availability of inputs, and the relative absence of pests and diseases. The harvest is estimated at 6.5 million t, of which 75% is sorghum. Despite the surplus, 2.4 million people in southern Sudan still depend heavily on emergency food aid, a situation aggravated by civil war
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CROPS;
Countries
Sudan
Regions
Eastern Africa; Africa; Northern Africa
Organizations Affiliated to the Authors
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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