Outlook · Volume 11 · 2013Research paper

The impact of privatization policy on the performance of agricultural government schemes in the River Nile State, Sudan

Mutasim Abdel Rahman Ali
Nile Valley University
Sudan
Ali Abdel Aziz Salih
University of Khartoum
Sudan
Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of privatization on the Agricultural sector.

Design/Methodology/Approach

A before/after approach was used to examine the changes in the general trend of crop areas, crop intensity, assets and employees.

Findings

(i) A remarkable deterioration of area planted by crops and crop intensities (ii) Imposing privatization led to an obvious reduction in the number of employees (iii) An increase in the debts of the agricultural schemes.

Original/Value of the Paper

The approach and the resulting framework are original and valuable to evaluate privatization.

Keywords
PrivatizationEvaluationAgricultureIndicators