ABSTRACT
The two key economic sectors in the Sudan are transport and agriculture. Agricultural production is the major marketable commodity of the Sudan and transportation is required to get this product to the market places of the world. An important growth stimulant was a government policy decision to allot land to private entrepreneurs who cleared and improved the land themselves. The charcoal industry is entirely run by the private sector, under the supervision of the Forestry staff. The Mechanised Farming Corporation (MFC) allocates land to private farmers who clear and prepare the land, and provide machinery. On the negative side mechanised farming does make soil depletion possible and there is strong argument for MFC undertaking soil analysis to detect poor farming practices. The Gezira Irrigation Scheme originally was managed by private businessmen, but was nationalised after World War II and placed under the control of the then newly formed Sudan Gezira Board.
