Plan to Review Agriculture and Irrigation Laws

The Legal Administration in Port Sudan organized, on Thursday, a meeting of the Committee for the Inventory of Agricultural and Irrigation Law Projects, chaired by Legal Advisor Dr. Sulafa Al-Bayli.
The meeting was attended by the Director General of Agricultural Production, Fatima Youssef; Director General of Seeds, Dr. Mona Othman; the Minister’s Executive Director, Anas Malik; Training Director, Ola Abdelaziz; and representatives from the Plant Protection Department, NGOs, the Horticulture Sector, Planning and Agricultural Economics, along with the Monitoring Director at the Ministry of Agriculture, Jawahir Othman.
Dr. Sulafa Al-Bayli, the legal advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, presented a comprehensive explanation of the laws and their importance in achieving food security and regulating agricultural activity.
Al-Bayli noted that a ministerial decision had been issued to form a committee to review agricultural and irrigation law drafts. She stressed the importance of this committee in keeping pace with continuous changes in international and regional agreements and in resolving overlaps and inconsistencies.
The importance of agricultural laws lies in comprehensively regulating agricultural activity to ensure food security and sustainability. This includes managing the use of natural resources such as water and land, defining property rights, encouraging sustainable farming practices, and protecting the environment from pollution.
These laws also support farmers by providing necessary assistance, regulating markets for agricultural products, and enhancing productivity and competitiveness within the agricultural sector.
The meeting concluded with the development of a work plan to review five out of twenty-two agricultural laws, to be addressed in phases.