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Sudan’s agriculture and irrigation minister cited crop production of 5.8 million tonnes in the previous season during a briefing in Omdurman on 8 October. The report does not identify the season’s exact start and end dates.
The minister said the reported harvest helped build stocks and support food availability. SUNA’s account does not provide a crop-by-crop breakdown, methodology or independent verification, so the figure remains a statement attributed to the minister.
For the coming winter season, the minister said the indicative planned area was 3 million feddan, including 1 million feddan for wheat. A committee had begun work two days earlier; these are planning targets, not planted or harvested area.
The release pairs a retrospective output claim with a forward-looking acreage plan. They measure different things and periods; neither gives a national food balance, price trend or guarantee that planned winter area will be planted.