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Table 66: Surveys of Prices of Agricultural Products
Survey Coverage Frequency Publication of
Results
Prices paid to producers Cereals and livestock Annual State level
Wholesale prices of fruits and
vegetables
Cereals, livestock and fish Monthly CPI
publications
Grain prices in rural markets Main cereals and
legumes
Monthly State level
Price of red meat at government
slaughter houses
Prices and quantities of
red meat
Monthly ASU and CBS in
Khartoum
Wholesale prices of poultry and
eggs
Major wholesale markets
for poultry
Monthly State level
Source: SSAQ Results and CBS, 2014e.
Administrative Sources
The CBS is responsible for collecting, processing and disseminating economic statistics in
Sudan. It collects monthly prices of four main cereals (wheat, sorghum, millet and maize),
vegetables and fruits (dates, mangoes and citrus) in rural areas. It publishes monthly and
quarterly bulletins on these statistics. These newsletters can be found on the CBS website. The
Ministry of International Trade has also started to collect its own statistics through a chamber
room and using sources other than the CBS and MoAI.110
vi. Dissemination of Agricultural Statistics
The dissemination of the agricultural statistics are in hardcopy and made available on the CBS
and MoAI websites.111
CBS’s statistics are also widely used by Sudan’s Governmental organizations. The ASU/MoAI is
one of its main users, as is the Department of Agricultural Statistics which uses the macro and
price statistics from the CBS national accounts to prepare its own publications for internal use,
and for other interested public and private institutions. This two-way relation between the
agricultural statistics unit of MoAI and CBS can be developed into a formal agricultural
statistics supply chain.
vii. SWOT Analysis and Needs Assessment of Agricultural Statistics in Sudan
The SWOT analysis and needs assessment are summarized as follows:
110 CBS, 2014d and MOAI, 2014.
111 CBS, 2014a and MoAI, 2014.