Leveraging Circular Bioeconomy for Resilience in Sudan’s Refugee-Hosting Communities

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dc.creatorSomorin, Tosin
dc.creatorGebrezgabher, Solomie A.
dc.creatorAmponsah, Andoh
dc.creatorKhalifa, Muhammad
dc.creatorRuckstuhl, Sandra
dc.date2026-03-30
dc.date2026-03-30T14:48:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:43:32Z
dc.descriptionThis report examines how circular bioeconomy approaches can enhance resilience in Sudan’s refugee-hosting communities, particularly in White Nile, Gedaref, and Kassala. The objective is to identify practical, low-infrastructure pathways for converting locally available organic waste and by-products into resources that support food, energy, sanitation, and livelihoods. Drawing on a desk-based assessment, the study provides a framework for integrating resource recovery into humanitarian and development interventions under conditions of limited data and access constraints. The findings indicate that while organic waste, agricultural residues, and wastewater streams present important opportunities for resource recovery, their quantities, distribution, and consistency remain poorly quantified, constraining precise system design and scaling. Despite this uncertainty, five priority pathways are identified based on evidence from comparable humanitarian contexts: nutrient recycling to support food systems; decentralized bioenergy for clean cooking and services; feed production for displaced livestock; small-scale wastewater reuse for irrigation; and community-based bioproduct enterprises. These pathways demonstrate the potential to convert waste streams into valuable inputs while requiring flexible, context-specific approaches suited to dispersed and variable resources. Embedding circular bioeconomy approaches within the humanitarian–development–peace nexus offers a promising pathway for both immediate needs and long-term resilience, but effectiveness depends on stronger data, capacity, infrastructure, and governance.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/182302
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163769
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSomorin, Tosin, Solomie Gebrezgabher, Andoh Amponsah, Muhammad Khalifa, and Sandra Ruckstuhl. 2026. Leveraging Circular Bioeconomy for Resilience in Sudan’s Refugee-Hosting Communities. International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
dc.subjectcircular bioeconomy
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectrefugees
dc.subjectcommunities
dc.subjectwaste management
dc.titleLeveraging Circular Bioeconomy for Resilience in Sudan’s Refugee-Hosting Communities
dc.typeReport

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