Abstract
Economic Consideration and Model Development Spatial Trade for Sorghum and Millet Staple Food in Sudan
Highlights
Trade in agricultural products serves three functions First, trade can contribute to stabilizing supply when national fluctuation in production are greater than fluctuation in the region, reducing the need for holding carryover stocks
With respect to per capita grain balance, Gadarif showed the best situation followed by Damazin and Kosti
All millet prices correlation coefficients reported large, positive and highly statistically significant, production of millet showed the small, positive and insignificant correlation coefficients which indicate that there is a chance for trade between Southern Darfur and other five States
Summary
This study deals with spatial trade analysis to explore the possibility of in-country inter and intra-regional trade between Southern Darfur State (SDS) and other selected States in the Greater Sudan. The productions and prices of staple food grain millet and sorghum in different States of the Sudan namely, Southern Darfur, Northern Darfur, White Nile, Southern Kordufan, Northern Kordofan, Gadaref and West Darfur, were the main concern of the analysis for the study time span 1993-2007. SDS is highly grain trade connected to the currently independent South Sudan, where the State provides South Sudan with its whole consumption requirements from sorghum and millet. Trade analysis indicated that production across States is not correlated which create more opportunities for intra- regional trade between Nyala market of SDS and other States of the country for both millet and sorghum provided that trade barriers are removed
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