Sudan
The Sudan Food Security Initiative: Early wins amidst conflict and crisis
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS) program empowers farmers and herders in conflict-affected Sudan by promoting food security and reducing reliance on humanitarian aid. Working with partners, SASAS has launched the Sudan Food Security Initiative in east Sudan to ensure that over 50,000 farmers have access to certified seeds, fertilizers, herbicides, and required agricultural resources
How Training Farmers to Produce Improved Seeds helps Mitigating Food Insecurity in the Conflict-Ridden Sudan
Capacity development
Working with partners, CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS) program empowers farmers and herders to reduce the need for humanitarian assistance even in conflict-affected Sudan
Helping farmers access waterlogged agricultural lands amid prevailing food insecurity in Sudan
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS) program works to ensure that farmers have access to rich agricultural lands to cultivate their main staple and cash crops and enhance food production amid escalating conflict and prevailing food insecurity.
Harvesting diversity and feeding hope: unlocking the potential of potatoes
Capacity development
Working with partners, CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS) program empowers farmers and herders in Sudan to move towards self-sufficiency. Helping Sudanese farmers integrate potato and sweet potato into their agricultural production systems to enhance food security and crop diversity is one of the program highlights.
How livestock vaccination campaigns support breeders in conflict-ridden Sudan
Capacity development
Working with partners, CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan (SASAS) program empowers farmers and herders to reduce the need for humanitarian assistance even in conflict-affected Sudan. SASAS and partners work to ensure animal health and improve the livestock value chain.
CIMMYT calls for direct agricultural investment to address Sudan’s food crisis
Climate adaptation and mitigation
CIMMYT proposes actions to respond to the deteriorating food crisis catalyzed by the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Sudan: Catastrophic hunger amid conflict creates a crisis of instability across northeast Africa
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
CGIAR calls for a coordinated, global response to support the transformation of agrifood systems in Sudan.
Opinion: Aid competes with long-term solutions to Sudan’s hunger crisis
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Restoring food production within the country is just as important as emergency food aid — if not, Sudan risk racing from crisis to crisis.
How improved seeds empower women farmers in South Kordofan
Capacity development
Working with partners, CIMMYT’s Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan empowers women farmers in conflict-torn South Kordofan. It provides them with training and resources to increase crop yields and enhance community self-sufficiency.
A sustainable agrifood systems approach in conflict-ridden Sudan
Capacity development
CIMMYT, in partnership with USAID, is implementing the Sustainable Agrifood Systems Approach for Sudan, an integrated agrifood system model designed to underpin food security through scalable development opportunities and sustainable agricultural practices.
Women farmers enhance agricultural production in conflict-torn Sudan
Capacity development
In conflict-torn Sudan, women farmers are equipped with new skills and sustainable techniques to cultivate hope and abundance—doubling yields and empowering communities toward self-sufficiency.
Groundnut ESA crop improvement network sets regional and country level priorities
Capacity development
Significant discoveries have been made for the potential improvement of production of groundnut in sub-Saharan Africa.
Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
Nutrition, health and food security
Experts propose short-, medium- and long-term practical actions to respond to the looming global food crisis catalyzed by the Russia-Ukraine war.
