The State and Agricultural Policy: In Quest of a Framework for Analysis of Development Strategies

The reasons for proposing an analysis of agricultural policies as the key to understanding the Sudan's socio-economic and political conditions are simple but forceful. In the Sudan, agriculture engages over 85% of the labour force, contributing about 40% to Gross Domestic Project, provides more than 90% of the country's hard currency earnings and accounts for over 90% of the exports (Ministry of National Planning 1977).