Wheat production in the Gezira Scheme
1994
Salih, A.E.M. | Abdalla, O.A. | Sidahmed, M. | Faki, H.H.M. | Ismail, M.A. (Sudan Gezira Scheme, Wad Medani (Sudan))
In the early 1960s, wheat assumed its role as a vital and strategic commodity in Sudan due to increased consumption demand resulting from increasing population, urbanization, low prices of imported wheat, and changing food habits. This necessitated an expansion of the crop to warmer regions of the country. The Gezira Scheme was well suited to embrace the crop and, in fact, became the major contributor to wheat production. Wheat area and yield reached all time highs of about 257,000 ha during 1990-91 and about 2.24 t/ha during 1991-92. Development and adoption of a technical package recommended by the Agricultural Research Corporation for use by farmers in the Gezira Scheme are discussed. Economic evaluation, costs, and returns and constraints to increased wheat productivity in the Gezira Scheme are reviewed
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