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Meat Produce
Due to its location, vast area and variety of climates, Sudan is endowed with huge animal resources. It was recently calculated that Sudan has around 40 million cows, 48 million sheep, 41 million goats and around three million camels. Sudan also has a plentiful supply of poultry.
Water bodies, approximated to be 42 million square meters, are comprised of rivers and lakes, with the most important among them being The Nile and its branches, lakes behind dams as well as 700 kilometres of Red Sea coast. Large fish resources are approximated at 100,000 tons for internal fisheries and 10,000 tons for marine fisheries. |
The food policy in Sudan aims at achieving self-sufficiency of food in general, with an emphasis on white meats for local consumption and red meat designated for export. The Comprehensive National Strategy has aimed at multiplying the number of cattle by three and the production of red meat for export 20 times.
In order these aims the Animal Resources Bank was established to give animal resources and animal resource products a strong push forward. In order to achieve the aims of the Comprehensive National Strategy for Animal Resources, it is felt that the following methods should be applied to increase production:
- Maintaining natural pastures and developing their quality by opening firelanes, collecting improved seeds and distributing them to the various areas of pasturing
- Introducing animal rearing to the agricultural rotations of irrigated schemes such as Geezer and Rahad
- Increasing veterinary services to protect animals from diseases and epidemics
- Continual dependance on the traditional sector before gradually moving towards establishing pastoral farms in irrigated and rain-fed areas |
