1. Sudan Presentation Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries
IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative:
National Technical Focal Points Workshop
25-30 March 2007, IGAD Secretariat in Djibouti
Djibouti
Dr. Omer Hassan El Dirani - NTFP LPI - Sudan

2. Key Stakeholders in the Livestock Sector involved in the policy making process and related information systems
A - Government:
1. Federal Ministry of Animal Resources & Fisheries.
2. State Ministries of Agriculture & Animal Resources.
3. Federal Ministry of Finance & National economy.
4. Federal Ministry of Foreign Trade.
5. Federal Ministry in Science and Technology.
6. Federal Ministry of International cooperation.
7. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forests.
8. Federal Ministry of Investment.
9. Central Bank of Sudan.
10. Sudanese Standards and Meteorology organization

3. B - NGOs:
1. Sudanese Veterinary Council.
2. Pastoralist (Producers) Trade Union.
3. Sudanese Chamber of Commerce .
4. Sudanese Chamber of Industrial Trade
Unions.
C - Private sector:
1. Producers .
2. Private companies.
3. Cooperatives .

4. Key Institutional Arrangements
1 - Legislations, Acts and Presidential decrees.
2 - Ministries and Government Organizations' mandates.
3 - Existing Policies:
a. The Millennium Strategy for the Development
of the Agricultural Sector ( ).
b. Five years development plan from 2007 to 2011
Green Progression (Al Nafra Al Khadra).
c. Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
d. Council of Ministers.
e. Strategic National Planning Council.

5. Contribution of Institutions to the overall policy making and Information Flow
A- Government:
1. FMARF : Vet. Services , epizootic control,
quarantine measures, vaccination, food safety,
extension, training, planning and information,
investment projects appraisal and initial approval
related to the livestock investment projects.
2. SMAAR: same as above except quarantine
measures, epizootic control .
3. FMFNE: Over all National Policies. Financing
body for Government development plans and
selection of projects and prioritization.
4. FMFT: Export/Import permission, authorization
of documents. Market access issues.

6. 5. FMST: Research, Diagnostic laboratories,
vaccine production
6. FMIC: Organize international agreements,
Bilateral agreements and MOUs.
7. FMAF: Pasture & Rangeland management,
integrated projects especially in irrigated
schemes.
8. FMI: Promotional activities for investment,
incentives; concessions & tax exemptions, final
approval of investments projects in all sectors.
9. CBOS: Control Banking Systems & policies,
Financial policies, Export/Import regulations,
Credit conditions, rules and regulations.
10. SSMO: Set standards via Technical
Committees, certifications, quality assurance

7. B - NGOs:
1. Sudanese Veterinary Council: Professional for
veterinarians. Registration, setting quality and
standards of the profession, certification.
2. Pastoralist (Producers) Trade Union: Nationwide
and statewide to handle pastoralist issues and
rendering services.
3. Sudanese Chamber of Commerce: Specialized
sections for livestock traders – Live animals
exporters – Meat exporters – Poultry producers and
importers - Dairy farms.

8. 5. Sudanese Chamber of Industrial Trade Unions
specialized sections for meat processing plants
Skin, Hides and leather industry, Animal feed
industry, vet.medcine, Agro-industry, fisheries.
C - Private sector:
1. Producers : traditional in the rural areas and
modern sectors in urban areas.
2. Private companies (Livestock markets and
Marketing.
3. Cooperatives: Mainly Dairy and recently
livestock exporter.

9. Entry point for the IGAD LPI
1- Government policies to facilitate trade through supporting and enabling legislation, infrastructure, enabling marketing support, financial support and protecting the disease-free status. Improving the internal marketing system to enhance its efficiency. provision of Credit facilities for medium and long term livestock production programmes oriented for export, with low cost of finance and longer grace periods. In addition to enforcement of micro-finance policy.

10. Cont. Entry point for the IGAD LPI
2-At the national level, policy action is needed on measures that stimulate the adoption of productivity -enhancing practices and measures that increase investment in the rangelands on which livestock producers rely.
3-Policies that encourage organized communities to collectively manage - their grazing areas and for market access.
4-Policy actions are also needed from exporting countries to assure importing countries that livestock production meets the required standards with minimum risks to human health and animal welfare.

11. Cont. Entry point for the IGAD LPI
5-At the regional level, common polices and coordinated efforts on animal health-related regulations, common livestock trade rules and preparedness for the expected accession of the WTO, negotiation forums with E.U., African Caribbean Pacific countries (ACP) agreement. All the above mentioned are essential for the improvement of trade and producers' income on the long run.
6- New institutional reforms for traditional livestock producers . They are ineligible for formal credit sources, such as community-based micro-finance that improve the access to capital, establishment of marketing bodies etc..

12. Cont. Entry point for the IGAD LPI
7-Traditional Producers face the challenge of producing for a competitive market. Issues to be addressed are; Research – Development – Extension – Promotion – Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures Hazard Analysis for Critical Control Points (HACCP), New Technologies, Capacity building, improvement of production and marketing infrastructure, integration of the public veterinary services effectively with the private sectors, 8- Policies towards Fisheries and aquaculture
Development.

13. Cont. Entry point for the IGAD LPI
9- Boosting capacities in the livestock and meat
supply chain:
a. Review of policy and regularity frameworks
for supply chain development.
b. Market and infrastructure services.
c. Policy to support public-private cooperation
in establishing marketing institutions,
infrastructure services, research &
extension and capacity building of producer
organizations.
d. Develop good manufacturing practices in meat to
fulfill importing countries standards.

14. Thank You
Thank You