While Evans-Pritchard was conducting his now-famous studies of the Azande and the Nuer in southern Sudan, changes were taking place in the great plains between the two Niles south of Khartoum that would forever alter the course of Sudanese history. In partnership with multinational capital, the British were turning millions of acres inhabited by farmers and pastoralists into a vast irrigation p...

This research examines the energy use patterns and input–output analysis of cotton, groundnut in Gezira Scheme which is largest irrigated scheme Sudan. Inputs sources were determined by a face to questionnaire applied 200 farmers. For cotton crop, inputs output calculated as 27659.28MJ/ha 28084MJ/ha, respectively. Fertilizer was highest input (62.29%), followed water (28.10%). Energy efficiency...

The recommended Penman±Monteith reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0) with derived crop coef®cients (Kc) from the phenomenological stages of Acala cotton is used to estimate the crop water requirements (CWRs) of Acala cotton in the Gezira area of Sudan. The published basal crop factors of Acala cotton were used with Penman±Monteith equation as well to estimate ET. The results were compared wi...

Satellite-based evapotranspiration and crop coefficient for irrigated sorghum in the Gezira scheme, Sudan M. A. Bashir, T. Hata, A. W. Abdelhadi, H. Tanakamaru, and A. Tada Dept. of Food Systems and Field Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657–8501, Japan Agricultural Research Corporation, PO Box 126, Wad Medani, Sudan Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe U...

BACKGROUND In 2010 the Gezira Family Medicine Project (GFMP) was initiated in Gezira state, Sudan, designed as an in-service training model. The project is a collaboration project between the University of Gezira, which aims to provide a 2-year master's programme in family medicine for practicing doctors, and the Ministry of Health, which facilitates service provision and funds the training pro...