Sudan: Sudan's Cash Crisis Threatens El Gedaref Corn and Millet Harvest

[Dabanga] El Gedaref -- A severe cash shortage, exacerbated by government-imposed obligations by Sudanese banks to limit money transfers and a daily limit on withdrawals, is putting millions of hectares of vital corn and millet crops at risk. The SDG200,000 ceiling on withdrawals, imposed in reaction to the ongoing liquidity crisis in war-torn Sudan, has saddled farmers with a 20 to 30 percent increase in production costs, while they warn that crop damage could occur if the harvest is not complete by early April, in advance of