Sudan Project work/ Follow-up

In Damascus, on 7/1/2012, the Director-General of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands (ACSAD), Dr. Nasr Edin Obaid, chaired a meeting at ACSAD headquarters of the heads of the technical working groups to follow up the work of “Preparing the Map of the optimal land uses in Sudan” in its current phase covering the states (Al-Jazeera, White Nile, Blue Nile).

During the meeting, in the presence of a number of technical experts from all disciplines, the implemented work to the current date and the progress of the project was discussed, in addition to the establishment of databases and the activities of the Information Support Group, particularly remote sensing and geographic information systems.

Under the operational plans, the Director-General addressed the project’s follow-up in a spirit of collective cooperation, a scientific methodology, and knowledge- sharing between ACSAD’s experts and their Sudanese counterparts.

It is worth mentioning that the area of the states that work during this stage reaches about 13 million hectares, which is the most important agricultural production States in Sudan, where the most significant irrigated projects include Al-Jazeera and Al-Rahad projects, in addition to their high contribution to the Sudanese agricultural production in both its vegetation and animals parts.