Agricultural glance: A Dialog with Prof. Dr. Dawoud Hussien Dawoud Horticulture Expert (Pomologist)
Alaa Babiker
Sudan is Africa’s third-largest country by area, it has 1,886,068 Square Kilometers (equivalent to 728,215 Square Miles), which makes it the third-largest by area in the Arab League as well. The agricultural land of its area is estimated as 51.5 million cultivatable acres, of which 4.3 million acres are irrigated. And yet it struggles to provide sufficient cultivated products for massive exportation movement. Today we will review one of the agricultural risks that is a possible reason behind the recent retardation of this field in Sudan.
In an attempt to produce positive and effective efforts to improve the environment, the Citizen Outlet has focused at one important aspect that makes great difference improving environment and economic of Sudan, that is the agricultural field. Tracking this important aspect, a delegation of the Citizen has paid a visit to the office of Prof. Dr. Dawoud Hussien Dawoud, Horticulture Expert (Pomologist) in Sudan, and had a productive dialog about agriculture in Sudan. The conversation started with how much Sudan needs to pay more attention to its scientists in this field as they are the core of knowledge and experience in the country.
Prof. Dr. Dawoud elaborated about plantations in the land of Sudan and why some plants don’t grow like the others, about which he said: (Plantations in Sudan are of great importance, and different types of trees like Lemon, Mango, and Palm trees can grow at various sizes and even inside houses in Khartoum State. Sizes of trees are determined by the way they are regularly cut by gardeners). Here we can notice the great fertilized land of Sudan, as everyone can plant fruitful trees and gain juicy fruits, and even at homes many families implant Tomatoes, Lemon, Orange, Guava, Mango trees, and other vegetables at their house yards, which helps them saving money and be classified as productive members of society, and this helps the growth of economy in Sudan.
The discussion continued to clarify how agriculture directly affects the economy of Sudan, and why exportations of agricultural products might be affected due to external factor, about which he said: (In the past we used to export Lemon, but the presence of few fungus on certain types of Lemon slightly affected its production and exportation) but the wise use of Fungicides reduced the problem, and the agricultural field in Sudan is nourishing and soon will top the world, and with the help of scientists like Prof. Dawoud, who is willing to provides advices and consultation to everyone, we will accomplish our goals of improving agriculture in Sudan.
Stay tuned, because we will be collaborating with Prof. Dr. Dawoud Hussien to know more about useful agricultural techniques presented at his series books of Palm trees explaining how can we improve the production of different types of Dates in Sudan, and how can we expand our exportation movement by not just planting and producing more Dates, but also by letting the world see and taste our fruitful Grapes, Mangoes, Orange, and Apples.