{"id":179584,"date":"2016-10-12T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/exorbitant-fees-burden-sudanese-sesame-harvest\/"},"modified":"2016-10-12T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T13:43:00","slug":"exorbitant-fees-burden-sudanese-sesame-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/exorbitant-fees-burden-sudanese-sesame-harvest","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Exorbitant fees\u2019 burden Sudanese sesame harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Farmers in Sudan&rsquo;s El Gedaref state are complaining of &lsquo;exorbitant&rsquo; levies imposed for the transfer of foreign seasonal workers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sparsely populated agricultural areas of El Gedaref are adjacent to the Ethiopian border, and farmers in the state are dependent on seasonal workers from neighbouring countries, especially for the sesame harvest.<\/p>\n<p>They complained to Radio Dabanga that Basonda and El Gallabat localities impose &ldquo;exorbitant levies for Ethiopian workers, in addition to a handling fee of SDG5 ($0.80) for each worker&rsquo;s passport.<\/p>\n<p>The knock-on effect of these levies translates to a sharp increase in the labour costs for the harvest.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Radio Dabanga reported that seasonal &lsquo;Jango Jora&rsquo; workers from Darfur were complaining of abuses, exploitation, and broken promises by the owners of agricultural projects in El Gedaref.<\/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 Sudan\u2019s El Gedaref state are complaining of \u2018exorbitant\u2019 levies imposed for the transfer of foreign seasonal workers.<\/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":[36,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-involvement","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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