Year 2025, Volume 10, Issue 3
| Year : | 2025 |
| Volume : | 10 |
| Issue : | 3 |
| Authors : | Hamid EL BILALI, Andrea BOZZETTO, Samuele PEDRAZZANI, Khidir RAMADAN, Mohamed Abdelhameed MOHAMED, El Fadil Ahmed ISMAIL |
| Title : | AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN SUDAN |
| Abstract : | The primary sector continues to hold a significant socio-economic importance in Sudan. The country faces numerous challenges, including food insecurity, which are intensified by ongoing conflicts and instability. There is a need for research to promote the transformation of the agri-food system to tackle these challenges. Nevertheless, a thorough examination of the country’s research landscape is absent. Consequently, this review presents a bibliometric analysis of academic literature pertaining to agriculture in Sudan. It is based on a systematic review of 163 eligible articles obtained through a search performed in March 2025 on the Web of Science. The analysis highlights several shortcomings within the research field, including a low annual output of publications, a dominant focus on biological and environmental sciences, and nearly half of the articles that concentrate on Sudan failing to include any Sudanese scholars. Furthermore, many prominent organizations in the research field are based outside of Sudan. Notable Sudanese institutions comprise the University of Khartoum, the Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC), the University of Gezira, and the University of Gadarif. The research field primarily focuses on crop production and the production phase of the food supply chain. Despite a notable increase in the number of publications over recent decades, indicating a growing interest in agricultural research in Sudan, this progress was regrettably interrupted by the war. Investment in research is crucial to make the agriculture sector an engine for growth and development during the postwar recovery in Sudan. |
| For citation : | El Bilali, H., Bozzetto, A., Pedrazzani, S., Ramadan, K., Mohamed, M. A., Ismail, E. F. (2025). Agricultural research in Sudan. AGROFOR International Journal, Volume 10. Issue No. 3. pp. 25-35. DOI:10.7251/AGREN2503025E |
| Keywords : | Agronomy, Bibliometrics, Food, North Africa, Sahel. |
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