{"id":177080,"date":"2017-12-24T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/eastern-sudanese-farmers-fear-failure-of-agricultural-season\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T10:52:00","slug":"eastern-sudanese-farmers-fear-failure-of-agricultural-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/eastern-sudanese-farmers-fear-failure-of-agricultural-season","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Sudanese farmers fear failure of agricultural season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Farmers in eastern Sudan&rsquo;s El Gedaref are warning of the failure of the current agricultural season because of deteriorating working conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The sharp price increases in the prices for sacking and transportation, and a lack of labourers are threatening the successful harvest of sorghum, sunflowers,&rdquo; farmer Mustafa Sayed Khalil told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The costs of cutting and cleaning an<em> ardeb<\/em> (189 kg) of sorghum for instance have risen to SDG 160 ($23),&rdquo; he complained. &ldquo;In addition, we now have pay more than SDG 30 ($4.30) for filling one 100kg sack.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the El Gedaref Ministry of Finance &ldquo;has significantly increased in marketing fees for crops, to SDG 12 for a (100 kg) sack of sorghum and SDG 15 for a sack of sesame&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in eastern Sudan\u2019s El Gedaref are warning of the failure of the current agricultural season because of deteriorating working conditions.<br \/>\n\u201cThe sharp price increases in the prices for sacking and transportation, and a lack of labourers are threatening the successful harvest of sorghum, sunflowers,\u201d farmer Mustafa Sayed Khalil told Radio Dabanga.<br \/>\n\u201cThe costs of cutting and cleaning an ardeb (189 kg) of sorghum for instance have risen to SDG 160 ($23),\u201d he complained. \u201cIn addition, we now have pay more than SDG 30 ($4.30) for filling one 100kg sack.\u201d<br \/>\nHe pointed out that the El Gedaref Ministry of Finance \u201chas significantly increased in marketing fees for crops, to SDG 12 for a (100 kg) sack of sorghum and SDG 15 for a sack of sesame\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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