4,786,000 tons of food reserves in Sudan

Sudan Events

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Abu Bakr Al-Bushra, presented (Thursday) a report during the meeting of the Supreme Committee for Dealing with the United Nations, headed by a member of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General, Marine Engineer Ibrahim Jaber, regarding the food situation in the country, in which he explained that corn production for this year is 3.3 million tons and that the need The actual amount is 3.9 million tons, which means that there is a slight difference in the need.
He also pointed out that the production of millet and other agricultural products this year is 683 thousand tons.
The Minister of Agriculture pointed out that there will be successive reports regarding agricultural production and the strategic reserve, which exceeded 4,786,000 tons of food reserve, indicating that the problem is how to deliver these materials to the needy who are closed within cities and some states.
The Minister of Information, the official spokesman for the committee, Graham Abdel Qader, explained in a press statement that the meeting dealt with several important issues, the first of which was the issue of the humanitarian situation in the country, where the Humanitarian Aid Commissioner presented a report on the humanitarian situation and the efforts made to address the situation, especially in the states of Darfur and the states affected by the war.
Graham added that the meeting discussed the report of the National Coordination Expert Group on Resolution 1591 and studied all aspects related to it.
The meeting also touched on Sudan’s issues at the United Nations and the efforts made by the Sudanese delegation to the United Nations and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Graham explained that the meeting came out with several recommendations and outputs related to humanitarian treatments, treatments related to agricultural production, productivity, and issues related to national and foreign humanitarian work, especially since a number of organizations put forward proposals but did not commit to the requirements and submit them in the required time, which requires further study, stressing the Sudanese government’s readiness to provide all possible aid and facilities to achieve social satisfaction within the framework of the laws regulating humanitarian work and food social work, indicating the ongoing efforts of Sudanese diplomacy to respond to demands related to national affairs and state sovereignty.