Determinants of sugar production growth in Sudan (1980-2010)‎

Abstract EN

This paper is aimed at assessing the total factor productivity of Sugar industry in Sudan, The methodology that has been chosen in this study depends on the estimation of the production function for the Sudanese sugar production.

The study covers the period from 1980-2010 in order to account for the impact of the different policies, the fluctuation of the production and the changes in factor of production (labor and capital).

The study uses the sugar production produced by the entire factories in Sudan.

The study attempts to estimate Cobb-Douglas production function, and therefore the study estimates the coefficients of the production function and calculates Total Factor Productivity (TFP).

The growth of sugar decomposed into three components, the contribution of capital, and the contribution of Total (TFP).

The empirical results revealed that the contribution of the three factors in sugar growth as a percentage of total growth.

Total Factor Productivity (TFP) was the major contributor in sugar production growth and estimated at 64 %, capital 25% and the lowest contributor in sugar production growth labor force 11%.