Changing cropping patterns in Sudan's Gezira Scheme: a means of raising food production during drought
1985
D'Silva, B. | McKaig, N.
Extract: In 1984, Sudan suffered its worst drought in recent history, requiring unprecedented food imports of over 1 million tons. Sudan's irrigated Gezira Scheme could be used to increase domestic food production, especially during drought. However, as drought would also affect irrigation water availability, increasing food production would require changes in cropping area allocations away from water-hungry cotton. This analysis shows that reducing cotton area by 200,000 acres could lead to increases in cereal output between 240,000 and 390,000 tons, depending upon the assumptions followed. Reallocating area would also lead to savings in water on both an annual and a seasonal basis.
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