The recommended Penman±Monteith reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0) with derived crop coef®cients (Kc) from the phenomenological stages of Acala cotton is used to estimate the crop water requirements (CWRs) of Acala cotton in the Gezira area of Sudan. The published basal crop factors of Acala cotton were used with Penman±Monteith equation as well to estimate ET. The results were compared wi...

BACKGROUND In 2010 the Gezira Family Medicine Project (GFMP) was initiated in Gezira state, Sudan, designed as an in-service training model. The project is a collaboration project between the University of Gezira, which aims to provide a 2-year master's programme in family medicine for practicing doctors, and the Ministry of Health, which facilitates service provision and funds the training pro...

While Evans-Pritchard was conducting his now-famous studies of the Azande and the Nuer in southern Sudan, changes were taking place in the great plains between the two Niles south of Khartoum that would forever alter the course of Sudanese history. In partnership with multinational capital, the British were turning millions of acres inhabited by farmers and pastoralists into a vast irrigation p...

1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; 2Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Gezira, Sudan. Received: 08/08/02; accepted: 18/08/03 ABSTRACT A cross-sectional study to assess the impact of the national protocol for malaria treatment was conducted in a town in Gezira state, central Sudan, in 2001. Most of the 165 doctors and medical assistants interviewed (80.0%) had not be...

Abstract The objective of the experiment was the opinion of respondent about effects of Grazing on Tabar plant on animal health and milk characteristic in Gezira State, Sudan. This the questionnaire was conducted in two localities of Gezira state where Tabar plant was cultivated. This included, South Gezira locality and Greater Wad Madani Locality. The questionnaire was distributed randomly to...

Malaria is a major health problem, with over one third of Background worldwide populations currently at risk. Determining the genetic diversity of plasmodium parasites is essential for assessing the efficacy of antimalarial drugs and for future vaccine development. This study investigated the genetic diversity of merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2), and multiplicity of P. falciparum infection ...

The site of Jebel Moya, excavated in the early twentieth century, represents arguably the largest pastoral mortuary complex in Africa. Jebel Moya is resituated in relation to the neighbouring Meroitic-era agro-pastoral settlements and the only known Meroitic trading station (Sennar) in the southern Gezira Plain, Sudan. It is the first time that the known localities in the southern Gezira and so...

This research examines the energy use patterns and input–output analysis of cotton, groundnut in Gezira Scheme which is largest irrigated scheme Sudan. Inputs sources were determined by a face to questionnaire applied 200 farmers. For cotton crop, inputs output calculated as 27659.28MJ/ha 28084MJ/ha, respectively. Fertilizer was highest input (62.29%), followed water (28.10%). Energy efficiency...

Climate change represents the major challenge to Sudan agricultural production, economics and food security. Changes in temperature, rainfalls, water availability, increased outbreak of pest and diseases, land degradation, soil erosion, shrinking of grazing and cultivate areas, ongoing desertification and the other aspects of climate change have direct significant impact on agricultural product...

1School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, China 2Department of Nutrition & Food technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan 3Departmentof Food process Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia 4Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira, Sudan 5Department of Food Process...