Sudan's agricultural output had been mostly dedicated…
1972 CE to 1983 CE
In 1972, the Sudanese government becomes more pro-Western, and makes plans to export food and cash crops.
However, commodity prices decline throughout the 1970s, causing economic problems for Sudan.
At the same time, debt servicing costs, from the money spent mechanizing agriculture, rise.
In 1978, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiates a Structural Adjustment Program with the government.
This further promotes the mechanized export agriculture sector.
This causes great economic problems for the country's pastoralists, the various indigenous ethnic groups who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state.
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The Near and Middle East
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