The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that Sudan’s next agricultural season is at severe risk, raising fears of a deeper hunger crisis as war, rising costs and damaged infrastructure continue to batter the country’s farming sector.
FAO’s representative in Sudan, Hongjie Yang, said in a post on X that reduced rainfall, soaring agricultural costs and the destruction of irrigation systems linked to the conflict could seriously undermine the coming harvest.
Yang said fertilizer prices had risen by 67%, while fuel costs had surged by 220%, placing farmers under extreme pressure at a time when millions of Sudanese already depend on agriculture for survival.
“Without urgent and large-scale global assistance, crop losses could reach 40% or more,” Yang warned, calling for immediate international action to prevent a worsening food catastrophe.
Agriculture remains the backbone of livelihoods for much of Sudan’s population, but the war has disrupted planting, transport, markets and access to basic farming inputs across large parts of the country.
The warning comes as humanitarian agencies continue to raise alarm over Sudan’s deepening food insecurity, with millions displaced by the conflict and many communities facing severe shortages of food, fuel and essential services.
