08-14-2012 09:37 AMProfessor / Ahmed Mirghani Khodjaly
The point of view of many citizens that the skyrocketing prices of tomatoes is not justified because Sudan is an agricultural country in the first place is supposed to have tomatoes for the consumer throughout the year and at reasonable prices.First, there is a wrong notion that we in Sudan that we, including our agricultural land and vast water are available, we are able to produce all the crops in this world. Agriculture is not only earth and water, but there are many other factors and requirements must be available for the land and water to produce the crop specified One of the main causes of climatic factors, especially temperature. And tomatoes, for example, need to moderate the temperatures of the cold regions can not produce tomatoes in winter and hot regions which suffer from extreme temperatures in summer, as is the case in Sudan, we can easily produce tomatoes in open fields. Therefore enjoys growing tomatoes in Sudan, in general, in the winter and are available in large quantities and at reasonable prices, and when the temperatures begin to rise at least stumble cultivation and production and relatively high prices to be up to the level elevated in the period from July to October.It 'was a tomato in the past, are available in Sudan in winter only, but scientists, researchers and manufacturers Bmjhodat ability to provide tomatoes for as long as possible during the year Bastibnat variety resistant to high temperatures (relatively speaking of course) and the 'implementation of appropriate agricultural technologies. The Ministry of Agriculture to expand the protected agriculture (cultivation of tomatoes in greenhouses with air conditioning) to contribute to the provision in this critical period, and this project is an attempt by the Ministry of Agriculture and its results and its contribution to solving this problem has not been shown clearly.The problem with tomatoes in the summer will remain in force for a long time whether we like it or not until it is resolved to develop new varieties more tolerant to extreme heat wave in this section and this could take some time, and may be of biotechnology and the role of genetic modification in this way, then each new incident. In this case, will continue to import tomatoes, one of the options for the supply of tomatoes in this period. I'm impressed because it condemns many people to import tomatoes in a time when import apples, oranges, grapes, cherries and pears for the same reason that I mentioned earlier, because the crop of tomatoes **** has no value, does not deserve this honor (the honor to import hard currency), or because they are easy to grow and produce and there are no problems in their production length of the year. Seasonal tomato crop is subject to fast deterioration can not be stored and preserved fresh for a long time, but can be realized in different forms and concentrates, ketchup and use when needed. In addition, the tomato Aptllagha God, without any other crop plant pests and diseases the last of many insects (Thota Ibceleota), which appeared in Sudan in recent years and has caused a lot of damage to the crop. There is no disadvantage to import tomatoes or any other crop, if we felt that it is important and we must provide the import process of consumers in place in all countries of the world to meet the needs of the shortage of cargo. America and its enormous potential imports of agricultural products of food crops that are not able to produce, it is necessary to replenish them. In fact we are working on this theory, but unfortunately there is a choice Vqos We already import all the food you can not be that we produce and markets of Sudan are large spread palace in an affluent suburb of Khartoum, where all the delicious food and imported canned goods of all kinds, cakes, biscuits and dates that the price of sixty euros per kilo and then condemn and prevent the tomatoes strictly import - trivial tomatoes, which, if imported at this time it was possible to to benefit the rich and the poor.Avatar Aaoz one convinces me that we import tomatoes. Tomatoes yet what the problem is, but I fear that we import food crops is more important than the circumstances tomatoes we live in now does not bode to produce what we need from corn, millet, wheat, sesame, beans and other in the light of problems faced by the rains of the sector and irrigated by a lack of employment for reasons known and the high cost of production inputs and other reasons.I personally think that the way in which the constituted authority of onions and arugula and tomato healthy saturated Ajjour of fertilizers and pesticides, even if people knew the problems caused by these chemicals were themselves private life.Professor / Ahmed Mirghani KhodjalySenior researcher agriculturalSpecialist vegetable researchAgricultural Research Corporation
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