Flour shortage halves the bread people can buy in Khartoum
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Radio Dabanga
A flour shortage in Khartoum, Sudan, has halved the amount of bread people can buy for the same amount of money, while the price of a sack has risen to 180,000 Sudanese pounds. Issam Akkasha, spokesperson for the Khartoum State Bakers’ Association, says suppliers’ stocks earmarked for bakeries have run out.
In Khartoum, the flour shortage has halved the amount of bread people can buy for the same amount of money: one Sudanese pound now buys one loaf, compared with two previously. Issam Akkasha, spokesperson for the Khartoum State Bakers’ Association, reported the change to Radio Dabanga.
The price of a sack of flour has risen from 87,000 Sudanese pounds to 117,000, then to 180,000, according to Mr Akkasha. Stocks in the warehouses supplying bakeries have run out, and flour is reportedly available only from traders based at Hilal Stadium. The rising cost of flour, oil, yeast and wages has also increased production expenses.
In El Gezira State, prices of maize and other crops have instead fallen. Mustafa El Tarifi, a member of the general assembly of the El Gezira Farmers’ Association, attributed the decline to the arrival of the new harvest and restrictions on transporting wheat and maize out of the state. The fall has been observed in several local markets, including El Huda and El Hosh, according to Radio Dabanga.
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