Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Vol. 1(2), pp. 014-023, January 2013 ISSN 2327-3151 ©2013 Academe Research Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Examination of poverty and its consequences on farmers in the Subsistence Scheme in the White Nile state of Sudan

Khalafalla Ahmed Mohamed Arabi

Econometrics and Social Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Studies,

University of Bakht Alruda, P.O. Box 1311, Sudan. E-mail: Khalaf_arabi@yahoo.com. Tel: (+249) 911811733, 127156425.

Accepted 11 January, 2013

Abstract

This study aims to examine poverty and its consequences on farmers of six Subsistence Schemes (SS) in Sudan. Stratified random samples were drawn from SS. Subjective (sufficient income) and objective (calories intake, food) poverty lines were constructed. The subjective poverty line estimated about 72% to be below the poverty line compared to 83% below food poverty line, thus there is a wide spread of poverty among farmers. The main causes behind this were unfavorable economic policies, and the interference of politicians in technical aspects. Poverty is associated with diseases identified as related, infectious, and neglected and water related diseases.

Key words: Infectious, neglected, water related, poverty, economic policies, politics.