Sudan Monthly Market Update
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Preliminary results from the MoAF-FAO lead crop and food security assessment, and forecast information from the MoAF indicate that 2009/10 agricultural production is expected to be below average. Cereal price trends support this prediction. Cereal prices remain at unseasonably record high levels, and have shown stability or slight increase in December contrary to seasonal trends. Higher production costs, increase in demand (especially from urban population), plus increased storage in anticip ation of further increase in prices later in the season are the main reasons for price increases. Prices are expected to increase further in the coming months. Protection of consumers from the adverse effects of increasing cereal prices remains both a marketing and social policy challenge. Some price support efforts are still required in order to maintain consumers' incentives.