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Potatoes Value Chain Analysis and Development in River Nile State of Sudan

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Economics

Abstract

Now days worldwide increased concern about developing the major food-cash crops production to meet the demand of population growth and farms sustainability. Potato crop is one of the most potential crops in River Nile State that can achieve this purpose. This research aims to describe the potatoes value chain analysis and development. It depends on primary and secondary data. The study applied an approach dependent on compiling theoretical knowledge of value chain analysis basics along with intensive fieldwork and includes comprehensive interviews with a total of 44 producers, 19 wholesalers, 35 retailers, 2 cold storages managers and 34 consumers were interviewed. The actors in the crop chains to present an integrated detailed of all the key actors and players along with the vertical correlations and relations that control the operation and process inside potatoes chains. The field survey in area of the study undertook four major districts along the State specializing in production of potatoes. The value chain analysis showed that, at the level of marketing, there are inadequate cold storages for preserving potatoes, poor extension services at different levels of the crop chain. However, to tackle these constraints, cooperation of stakeholders implying national and international agricultural organizations, governmental institutions and private sector would enhance farming system sustainability of the crop.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2020.43792.1040

Keywords

Potatoes, Value chain, River Nile State, Sudan

Authors

First Name

Elgilany

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Abdelhafeez

Affiliation

Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Center Agricultural Research Corporation of Sudan (ARC)

Email

elgilanya@yahoo.com

City

Khartoum North

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Volume

3

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

25269

Issue Date

2021-06-01

Receive Date

2020-09-22

Publish Date

2021-05-31

Page Start

158

Page End

176

Print ISSN

2535-1796

Online ISSN

2535-180X

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16

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Original Article

Type Code

916

Publication Type

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Publication Link

https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Potatoes Value Chain Analysis and Development in River Nile State of Sudan

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Created At

22 Jan 2023