Experts note in their interview with “Sky News Arabia” that with the decrease in the possibility of importing food from neighboring countries in an atmosphere of battle, a large number of them will move to neighboring countries to obtain food and stability, especially Egypt and Ethiopia.
Sudanese political analyst, Muhammad Abdullah Wad Abuk, says: “Most Sudanese families live from daily life, and if the family herder does not come out to provide them with food and basic necessities, the state poverty and lack of food will increase. »
As a result: “Hunger has started to hit some families with the difficulty of moving around and the closure of most markets.
Windy season
For his part, political scientist Wael Ali warns that “for city dwellers, life will be difficult, because they are more likely to lose foodstuffs such as wheat and corn”, especially if they are less cultivated in the villages, or become difficult to access because of disruptions in transport and internal trade.
Agricultural expert, Engineer Ayman Dafa Allah, stresses that the agricultural season in Sudan is in the wind, and there is no solution to save it except to stop the ongoing war since April 15 between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces.
The crisis in agriculture is particularly evident in areas that depend on irrigation, in central, eastern and northern Sudan, and fertilizers and machinery are flowing to them from the government agricultural bank, which is now suspended. , while risks are reduced in rainy areas, which still rely on manual labor and livestock instead of machinery, such as in West Darfur. .
The “easiest” choice
Regarding options for urban residents if the conflict continues, political analyst Taher Moatasem says, “Urban residents have only one option to provide food in Sudan, which is import” , but he is already facing “big problems”; Because borders are closed and imports need hard currency which is not available, and the movement of the economy has stalled.
As for the alternative to this option, Mutassim says the lack of food “will lead to human migration to many neighboring countries”.
For his part, Wael Ali says, “The people of the city will go to neighboring countries, especially Egypt and Ethiopia, to live.”
create new crises
However, “Wad Abuk” warns that this will create new crises, explaining that “neighboring countries are already suffering from economic problems, and if new waves of displaced people are heading towards them, the economic and social burdens will increase for them” .
According to the United Nations, 56,000 people crossed from Sudan to Egypt during the recent crisis, while more than 12,000 crossed into Ethiopia and 30,000 into Chad, calling on neighboring countries to absorb more refugees.
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