Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan
Wheat flour and bread have played a central role in Sudan’s political economy throughout the country’s post-independence history. In 2019, increasing bread prices precipitated the protests that ousted the government of Omar al-Bashir. How has Sudan’s recent political transition and economic circumst...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2021
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| author | Resnick, Danielle |
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| description | Wheat flour and bread have played a central role in Sudan’s political economy throughout the country’s post-independence history. In 2019, increasing bread prices precipitated the protests that ousted the government of Omar al-Bashir. How has Sudan’s recent political transition and economic circumstances impacted distortions within the wheat value chain? What are the preferences of relevant stakeholders for improving the affordability of wheat products and the productivity of domestic wheat farmers? This paper addresses these questions by drawing on key informant interviews in Sudan and utilizing a political settlements approach, which captures the underlying distribution of power among elites and citizens. The post-revolution political settlement contains a much broader distribution of power shared between a civilian alliance movement and the military, each of which has distinct interests in the wheat value chain. The paper elucidates the preferences of different stakeholders to address distortions and discusses bottlenecks that need to be overcome for those options to be feasible. In doing so, the analysis reveals that, while the of subsidizing bread remains contentious, there are broader coalitions for interventions related to regulatory and monitoring reforms, improvements in domestic wheat procurement, enhanced agricultural investments, and targeted cash transfers to cushion subsidy reductions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1421282025-11-06T06:01:29Z Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan Resnick, Danielle value chains bread value chain social protection trade cash transfers wheat flour wheat food prices Wheat flour and bread have played a central role in Sudan’s political economy throughout the country’s post-independence history. In 2019, increasing bread prices precipitated the protests that ousted the government of Omar al-Bashir. How has Sudan’s recent political transition and economic circumstances impacted distortions within the wheat value chain? What are the preferences of relevant stakeholders for improving the affordability of wheat products and the productivity of domestic wheat farmers? This paper addresses these questions by drawing on key informant interviews in Sudan and utilizing a political settlements approach, which captures the underlying distribution of power among elites and citizens. The post-revolution political settlement contains a much broader distribution of power shared between a civilian alliance movement and the military, each of which has distinct interests in the wheat value chain. The paper elucidates the preferences of different stakeholders to address distortions and discusses bottlenecks that need to be overcome for those options to be feasible. In doing so, the analysis reveals that, while the of subsidizing bread remains contentious, there are broader coalitions for interventions related to regulatory and monitoring reforms, improvements in domestic wheat procurement, enhanced agricultural investments, and targeted cash transfers to cushion subsidy reductions. 2021-10-26 2024-05-22T12:10:00Z 2024-05-22T12:10:00Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142128 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134968 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135876 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134970 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Resnick, Danielle. 2021. Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan. Sudan SSP Working Paper 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134701. |
| spellingShingle | value chains bread value chain social protection trade cash transfers wheat flour wheat food prices Resnick, Danielle Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan |
| title | Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan |
| title_full | Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan |
| title_fullStr | Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan |
| title_short | Political economy of wheat value chains in post-revolution Sudan |
| title_sort | political economy of wheat value chains in post revolution sudan |
| topic | value chains bread value chain social protection trade cash transfers wheat flour wheat food prices |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142128 |
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