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SUDAN: BREAD BASKET OF THE WORLD

Reference is made to Sudan as the largest country in Africa with a size larger than nine West European countries combined. The River Nile, the longest in the world, traverses the Sudan from South to the North constituting with other seasonal rivers, valleys, rainfall and the extensive groundwater inputs immense water resources that qualify the country to be, no doubt, the Bread Basket of Africa, the Middle-East and beyond.

Sudan enjoys a wide spectrum of climatic conditions suitable for the production of a wide variety of crops. Total land suitable for agriculture is 84 million hectares of which only 14.7 million hectares arc utilized currently, leaving a high potential for future expansion. Livestock population is over 116 million heads of cattle, sheep, goats and camels, the largest animal resources in Africa. With the availability of land, water and finance, these resources can be effectively developed and utilized.

Forests and the Environment

Since the early 1900s, extensive areas of woodland and forest have been converted to agricultural use. Large amounts of land classifiable as woodland have been cleared in the development of large-scale mechanized rainfed farming in Ash Sharqi and Al Awsat states, and smaller amounts in Aali an Nil and southern Kurdufan states. Although Sudan had a large quantity of natural forest, by 1991 much of it remained almost totally unexploited.

The Sudanese Students Association at UMES organize Sudan day on Friday, April 6, 2007 at the Students Service Center, UMES at Princess Anne, the program start at 11:00 am and continues to 1:00 am; the program include exhibit, Sudanese fashion show, Sudanese food and drinks, fascinating Sudanese music and dance, educational sessin about Sudan and Darfur cricis and much more...

There are countless tourist attractions in Sudan, unmatched anywhere. There are the ancient civilizations' sites, the colorful cultural, ethnic and climatic diversities, the beautiful fauna and flora that include rare animal and plant species, wildlife conservation parks like the Dinder Park, the Red Sea hill resorts -- all are great attractions for tourists, film-makers and investors.

• Darfur, the people, culture and the crisis.
• Sudan, the unknown history.
• Sudanese Music and folklor.

Tourism

There are countless tourist attractions in Sudan, unmatched anywhere. There are the ancient civilizations' sites, the colourful cultural, ethnic and climatic diversities, the beautiful fauna and flora that include rare animal and plant species, wildlife conservation parks like the Dinder Park, the Red Sea hill resorts -- all are great attractions for tourists, film-makers and investors.

Know about Sudan

• General Facts
• Economy
• Geography

A Country of Potential

Sudan's vast and varied landscape has long been acknowledged as one of the potential and richest in Africa. It has only recently (around the mid-seventies) been discovered that the subterranean geological formations are also prospective of oil resources.Read More..

Land Use

Of about 84 million ha. of arable land (with reasonably fertile soils), 1.63, 8.21 and 7.93 million ha. respectively were under irrigated agriculture, traditional rain-fed cultivation and mechanized farming in the 1994/95 season.