للفترة من 2000 الى 2015م

The study aims to know the impact of livestock sector on the gross domestic product in Sudan, and whether this effect is large, small, or erratic, through assessing and knowing the factors that affect the growth of livestock in Sudan. The study came to the fact that, livestock is one of the major sectors that have remarkable contribution to the national economic process in Sudan, either in attraction of hard currency through livestock exports and achieving internal food security. The study adopted the historical, descriptive and analytical approaches to the gross domestic product data and the contribution of the livestock and agricultural sectors to the domestic product. The livestock sector in Sudan experiencing a fundamental problems, summarized in limited contribution of livestock sector to the GDP, which absolutely is not commensurate with the large size of livestock in Sudan, in addition to a number of problems and challenges represented in the limited investment of government in this field, lack of appropriate supporting policies, along with absence of a marketing body, and the state's lack of adequate attention to pastures and forests, which negatively affected the growth of livestock sector. All these factors weakened the ability of this sector to play an effective role and contribute to increasing the gross domestic product and achieving food security. The study recommended balanced development of the livestock sector and reviewing economic policies, especially development policies, and working to reduce the negative effects that occurred as a result of the change in indicators of economic development. Therefore, the government should activate the added value and reduce export ts of live livestock and increase exports of slaughtered and manufactured meat, as well as and proper balanced planning for agricultural and livestock sectors, with special attention to pastures and the traditional sector that owns livestock. This sector can play a pioneering role in economic and social growth, achieving food security, and contributing to the overall economy, particularly in our current scarcity of resources and the deteriorating economic performance that Sudan experiencing right now