The principal objective of this research is to measure (assess)
the extent and nature of the national food security in the Sudan
during 1998s and I990s_ The research is built-on an
introduction, three chapters and conclusion. The first chapter
reviews the concepts of food security, the main forms and
approaches of food insecurity, and selected studies deal with the
question of the measurenzent of national food security in the
Sudan. The second chapter provides an outlook of the food and
agriculture, including the origin and development of the “ bread
basket ” strategy, in the Sudan. Then chapter three, which
constitutes the core section of the research, provides a
preliminarily evaluation of the state of food security in the
Sudan based on of a set of criteria associated with levels and
degrees of" sufliciency, stability, autonomy, equity and
sustainability. The research concludes to a “ national Zood
securitv composite indicator ” of 48.23 %. which in turn, reveals
an exciting as well as policy-oriented results and implications of
certain amount of relevance to food security strategies at the
national level.
