This policy note summarizes the key findings from the following four research papers prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute with financial support by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
NEW PUBLICATION: Distributional Consequences of Wheat Policy in Sudan: a Simulation Model Analysis
Despite reforms in early 2021, including a devaluation of the currency and a liberalization of imports, there remain significant distortions in Sudan’s wheat value chain, especially related to subsidized sales prices of flatbread. This flatbread subsidy, a key component of wheat policy, is not well-targeted..
NEW PUBLICATION: Political Economy of Wheat Value Chains in Post-Revolution Sudan
Flour and bread have played a central role in Sudan’s political economy throughout the country’s post-independence history. In 2019, increasing bread prices precipitated the protests that ousted the government of Omar al-Bashir
IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT WHEAT – HOW DIVERSIFIED CROPPING SYSTEMS HELP FAMILY FARMERS – AND THE PLANET
By ICARDA Communication Team
To support dryland farmers’ livelihoods, income, and nutritional security as well as biological diversity and environmental sustainability, ICARDA, alongside its national and international partners and donors, promotes Diversified Cropping Systems (DCS) across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. [...]
Publication: An agricultural policy review of Egypt: First steps towards a new strategy
Yumna Kassim, Mai Mahmoud, Sikandra Kurdi, Clemens Breisinger
This paper reviews agricultural and other related policies and their impact on the overall economic performance of the agricultural sector in Egypt. This stocktaking of policies is to serve as the basis for developing a more comprehensive agricultural strategy and policy framework that aligns sectoral policy objectives with policy measures in an effective and consistent manner.
