Agriculture is the major resource that Sudan finds to make money. Agriculture makes up about 40% of Sudan’s GDP which is a problem because they rely too heavily on agriculture. However the agricultures suffer in Sudan because the weather there is not great for growing crops. In Sudan it gets very hot and goes without any rain for weeks. With these kinds of droughts the crops do not grow which results in Sudan not making the money that they need. Agriculture is Sudan’s major way of making money to pay back debts that they owe.
Sudan has been in debt since 1970, they have been borrowing money form other countries for about 36 years. Sudan’s debt is about 28 million dollars that they have been borrowing for various countries, when they need money. Their debt has been growing as a result of their ongoing civil war between the northern government as well as the southern rebels. This war is mainly over power. This civil war going on in Sudan coast about one million dollars a day. Sudan owes so much money but they have no way to pay it back because of the war and their suffering economy. Sudan’s economy is so bad that majority of the people living there are poor or unemployed.
About 18% of the Sudanese people are unemployed however, 40% of the people are living in Sudan still “remain below the national poverty line” (Sudan). This manes that there are a good amount of people working however they are still not making enough money to pull themselves out of poverty. As a result of all of the poverty there is a “widening gap between the rich and the poor” (Ismail). Because of Sudan’s growing debt the money being made goes only to paying off the debt the countries expensive not towards helping to get their people out of poverty.
The money that Sudan makes is from their agriculture and livestock such as: Cotton, peanuts, sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock, oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, and sugar are the main crops, animals and products used keep the economy stabilized. They are use petroleum and oil exports to help to pull up their economy however most of this money goes towards the civil war of pay off old debts. Sudan has spent the late 30 years borrowing money, paying off debts and fight in a civil war. Sudan has a struggling economy that keeps getting worse by the minute because of the civil war. With out some ones help Sudan’s economy is going to keep getting worse.
Questions:
1) What are two reasons towards Sudan economy being so terrible?
2) What is the major resource Sudan uses to make money?
3) Why should Sudan not rely on agriculture as they biggest way of making money?
4) Who is involved in the civil war, and what is the reason for the war?
5) Sudan has been in debt for about 30 years. What do you think is the major reason contributing to their debt and why?
Citations:
“Sudan Country overview.” World Geography. Aug. 2006 .
“Sudan.” CIA World Fact Book. 19 Sept. 2006 .
"Sudan Economy - 2006." World Fact Book. June 2006 .
Erika I.
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 11:44 am
2. Sudan should not rely on agriculture as their biggest way of making money because they cannot always guarentee that the weather is going to be up to par. Also, they should not rely on it because sometimes soil dries out and then they cannot produce enough crops to be able to export them.
—–Brynley Q.
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 11:46 am
2. The two reasons that the economy is so bad is because the civil war is casting a lot of money that they do not have. Also because they rely on agriculture to make money but the weather is not very good which makes it difficult to produce crops. If they can not produce crops then they are not able to make money. They also have a lot of debt and they owe to numerous countries.
Jamie I
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 11:54 am
4. The war is between the southern rebels and the northern government and the war is being fought over power.
-Christina Newsome
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 11:58 am
2. The major resource is agriculture. Agriculture makes up around 40% of Suden’s GDP.
Alli B.
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 11:58 am
2. The major resource used in Sudan to make money is agriculture. Since the weather in Sudan is not always great it is a problem for the country to just rely on one monmey maker.
Jamie W
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 12:00 pm
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the main way money is made is farming. this is bad because it is the most flucuating econimic basis there is. one it relies on the global price of the product being sold. and two it relies on the farming year being good or else the entire country’s economy goes under.
by joseph A
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 12:01 pm
#2. The most important resource in Sudan is agriculture. It makes up almost 40% of the GDP in Sudan. The weather is a big influence on how they live their life. If the weather is to dry or to wet it could completely change the way they live their lives at that time.
Alex S.
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globalspartan
// Oct 16, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Sudan is not situated in a convienient spot. Although the river nile and some of it’s tributaries can be found in Sudan, the land itself is rugged and capricious. The “Sudd” a gigantic bog marsh that produces little is the cheif geographic feature in Suddan. Drought and flooding are constantly plaguing one part or another, and the countries infrastructure is purposefully weak and corrupt. The country was only recently (the last century) turned over to it’s population to rule. Until recently, it was nother pawn in the imperial Britains chess set. This country needs a serious destbilization to be able to construct a democratic state, which would have the capactity to self-govern well.
-pedro roman
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