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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Conflict-induced trade dynamics: A gravity framework analysis of Sudan’s agricultural exports

2026Ayesu, Enock Kojo; Kornher, Lukas; Sakyi, Daniel; Abushama, Hala
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Conflict-induced trade dynamics: A gravity framework analysis of Sudan’s agricultural exports

Long before the April 2023 eruption of armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan’s economy was crippled by conflicts. The country’s agricultural production and productivity, internal trade, exports, and overall macroeconomic performance have all been adversely affected, and disruptions to the agrifood system, food insecurity, poverty, and malnutrition will likely remain if the conflict continues.

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2026

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Ayesu, Enock Kojo; Kornher, Lukas; Sakyi, Daniel; Abushama, Hala

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Ayesu, Enock Kojo; Kornher, Lukas; Sakyi, Daniel; and Abushama, Hala. 2026. Conflict-induced trade dynamics: A gravity framework analysis of Sudan’s agricultural exports. In War and Resilience: The Multifaceted Impacts of Sudan’s Conflict and Pathways to Recovery, eds. Khalid Siddig, Oliver K. Kirui, and Paul Dorosh. Section Two: Economic, Social, and Humanitarian Impacts, Chapter 6, Pp. 117-146. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182368

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Sudan

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Africa; Northern Africa; Conflicts; Trade; Frameworks; Exports; Agricultural Trade; Agrifood Systems

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Cereal production, markets, and policy in Sudan

2026Dorosh, Paul A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; Siddig, Khalid
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Cereal production, markets, and policy in Sudan

Cereal production has long been a cornerstone of Sudan’s food security and economy, especially wheat, sorghum, and millet. Given the importance of these staples, policy related to imports and prices of wheat (and sorghum, to a lesser extent) has major effects on food production and consumption. In particular, before 2023, government interventions in wheat markets involved huge implicit—and sometimes explicit—fiscal costs, including interventions on large food aid inflows, official sales prices, direct controls on commercial imports, and subsidies on wheat milling (D’Silva and Badawi 1988; Faki and Taha 2009; Abdelaziz et al. 2022). These policies have generally benefited urban consumers at the expense of rural producers and have not always been well-targeted to the poor (Resnick 2021; Resnick 2026, Chapter 3 in this volume).

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2026

Authors

Dorosh, Paul A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; Siddig, Khalid

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Dorosh, Paul A.; Kirui, Oliver K.; and Siddig, Khalid. 2026. Cereal production, markets, and policy in Sudan. In War and Resilience: The Multifaceted Impacts of Sudan’s Conflict and Pathways to Recovery, eds. Khalid Siddig, Oliver K. Kirui, and Paul Dorosh. Section Two: Economic, Social, and Humanitarian Impacts, Chapter 5, Pp. 89-116. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182367

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Sudan

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Africa; Northern Africa; Cereals; Crop Production; Markets; Policies; Prices; Trade

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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A Sudanese strategy for postconflict, agriculture-led transformative growth

2026Elbadawi, Ibrahim
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A Sudanese strategy for postconflict, agriculture-led transformative growth

The intense factional war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) that erupted in April 2023 has devastated Sudan. This war is a tragic legacy of the kleptocratic regime of General Omar Al-Bashir, which ruled the country from 1989 until it was deposed by the leadership of the two armies in 2019, following a massive popular uprising in December 2018 (see Chapter 2 for details). The presence of a divided military institution in Sudan has been attributed to the coup-proofing strategy of “coup-fearing” autocrats, who were willing to undermine the state’s military effectiveness to extend their own tenure (Powell 2014).

Year published

2026

Authors

Elbadawi, Ibrahim

Citation

Elbadawi, Ibrahim. 2026. A Sudanese strategy for postconflict, agriculture-led transformative growth. In War and Resilience: The Multifaceted Impacts of Sudan’s Conflict and Pathways to Recovery, eds. Khalid Siddig, Oliver K. Kirui, and Paul Dorosh. Section Three: Resilience and Recovery Strategies, Chapter 14, Pp. 309-344. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182385

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Sudan

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Africa; Northern Africa; Agriculture; Agricultural Growth; Economic Growth; Political Ecology; Investment

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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