Abstract

Kibaki Ndereba Musyoka

This study aims to examine poverty and its outcomes on farmers of six Subsistence Schemes (SS) in Sudan. Stratified random samples were drawn from SS. Subjective (sufficient income) and objective (calories intake, food) poverty lines were constructed. The subjective poverty line estimated about 72% to be below the poverty line compared to 83% below food poverty line, thus there is a wide spread of poverty among farmers. The main causes behind this were unfavorable economic policies, and the interference of politicians in technical aspects. Poverty is associated with diseases identified as related, infectious, and neglected and water related diseases.