Food insecurity is of prime concern in terms of both availability and accessibility. No surplus production of subsistence crops Import of foreign seeds as relief, which sometimes leads to low germination rates Insufficient food sources during cultivation Poor market economy compounded by poor infrastructure More than two million Sudanese have died in Sudan since 1983 from the war and famine. Five million more Sudanese are internal refugees within Sudan. International human rights and relief agencies rate Sudan as among the five countries in the world with the worst score on the human suffering index. The Sudanese are some of the very poorest people on earth, yet they are some of the most generous and hospitable, willingly sharing whatever food and drink they may have with those around them.
Unemployment is very high.
Although Sudan has substantial mineral deposits and oil reserves, and immense agricultural and pastoral potential, the scorched earth policies of the Islamic government have devastated the South. About two million people have died since 1983 as a result of either the war or the famine. Five million more people have lost their homes and are internal refugees. Humanitarian and even commercial access to the SPLA-controlled areas of the Nuba Mountains remained barred by government fiat since the beginning of the war. This stringent blockade and looting and burning attacks caused an estimated 100,000 of 300,000 civilians in SPLA Nuba areas to be at risk of famine.