3/7/2021
KHARTOUM, March 7 (Reuters) - Sudan has raised domestic
wheat prices to 13,500 Sudanese pounds per sack, up from 10,000
pounds, as the harvesting season starts, the prime minister s
office said on Sunday. What governs us in wheat pricing policy is that the price
is not only fair but that it stimulates production, so that s
why we raised the purchase price, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
said on Twitter after inaugurating the harvest at the state-run
Gezira farming project.
The estimated total area planted with wheat nationally in
Sudan is 800,000 feddans (830,000 acres).
The country consumes about 1.9 million tonnes of wheat
annually and produces 700,000 tonnes domestically, a senior
Sudan launches monthly cash allowances to ease economic pain 25 Feb 2021 / 00:43 H.
KHARTOUM, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Sudan launched a scheme on Wednesday to alleviate the impact of a severe economic crisis by paying out monthly cash allowances of $5 that are eventually meant to reach 80% of the population.
The first $400 million phase of the programme is financed by the World Bank and other donors, but disbursement of funds had been delayed ahead of a steep currency devaluation announced early on Sunday.
The family support project, named Thamarat (Fruits), is initially being rolled out in four of Sudan s 18 states.
Sudan has been roiled by an economic crisis that triggered protests against former ruler Omar al-Bashir and continued after his overthrow in April 2019.
KHARTOUM Sudan’s central bank has issued instructions to banks to unify the country’s official and parallel exchange rates starting on Sunday, the bank said…