UNDP and Sudan's Finance Ministry hold a Khartoum dialogue on private investment to restart farming

25 September 2026

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Sudan's Ministry of Finance held a three-day dialogue in Khartoum on bringing private investment back into farming.
A roadmap for recovery and the prospect of about US$ 155 million in external investment were among its outcomes.
More than 300 participants from 20 countries registered, including government officials, banks, farmers' and trade associations and private companies.
Arvind Kumar, who leads recovery and resilience work at UNDP's Sudan office, said the private sector provides about 98 per cent of jobs in the country.
Crop yields have fallen by 40 to 70 per cent in some cases over the past two years, while the cost of fertiliser and fuel has risen.
Before the war Sudan exported gum arabic, sesame, cotton, hibiscus, sorghum and livestock.
Sudan's share of the global sesame market has fallen from 12 to 13 per cent to about six per cent.
More than 19 million people in Sudan face hunger and nearly 35 million need humanitarian assistance.