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  • Publication | 2021

The Sudan - Financing Flows and Food Crises

Global Food and Nutrition Security

In recent years, the Sudan has been struggling with high levels of acute food insecurity, which has its roots in a multitude of causes. Decades of economic crisis, coupled with recurrent weather extremes and plant infestations have taken their toll on people’s lives and livelihoods in the context of a historically fragile social contract. Between 2016 and 2019, the rise in acute food insecurity coincided with shrinking international humanitarian assistance to food sectors in the Sudan. At the same time, official development assistance has been quickly increasing, reaching a record high in 2018. Despite this increase, the food security situation remains alarming and turning it around will require sustained, coordinated and integrated financial flows –both humanitarian and development focused– along with peace actions.