{"id":36360,"date":"2024-11-16T03:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T00:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=36360"},"modified":"2024-11-16T03:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T00:58:21","slug":"widespread-criticism-of-the-agricultural-banks-arrest-of-farmers-in-gedaref","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/widespread-criticism-of-the-agricultural-banks-arrest-of-farmers-in-gedaref\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread Criticism of the Agricultural Bank\u2019s Arrest of Farmers in Gedaref"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-a:r-3811951906544902788-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Follow-ups<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Farmers&#8217; Union of Mafaza criticized the timing of the arrests of farmers in Gedaref after they were unable to repay their debts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A statement issued by the union acknowledged that the previous debts are due and that debt does not expire by statute of limitations, but argued that the timing was inappropriate due to the weak productivity of sesame crops, suggesting that repayment could occur after the harvest of the snacks crop, which is expected to yield well this season.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Agricultural Bank in Mafaza, Gedaref State, conducted a widespread campaign of arrests among farmers in Mafaza locality for failing to repay loans, an action that many farmers considered to be an abuse of power by the bank\u2019s administration. They pointed out that the arrests hinder the harvest process and that repayment should happen after the completion of the maize and snacks harvest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Farmers emphasized that the recent actions of the bank\u2019s administration threaten the success of the harvest, especially given the country\u2019s ongoing war conditions, which have reduced agricultural areas in several states, making a successful harvest crucial for achieving food security.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A statement from the Mafaza farmers condemned the arrests and their timing, which obstruct farmers&#8217; movement and prevents them from completing their harvest. They called on the Agricultural Bank\u2019s senior management to stop the arrests to avoid negatively impacting the harvest process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Follow-ups The Farmers&#8217; Union of Mafaza criticized the timing of the arrests of farmers in Gedaref after they were unable to repay their debts. A statement issued by the union acknowledged that the previous debts are due and that debt does not expire by statute of limitations, but argued that the timing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36361,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36360\/revisions\/36361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}