Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran from the late 1960s through the 1980s and recruited dozens of developing nations to mint coins carrying agricultural themes in exchange for technical and promotional support. Sudan participated at a moment when the Nimeiry government was attempting to position the country as the breadbasket of the Arab world — an ambition backed by Gulf investment that largely collapsed by the early 1980s due to mismanagement and drought.
Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran from the late 1960s through the 1980s and recruited dozens of developing nations to mint coins carrying agricultural themes in exchange for technical and promotional support. Sudan participated at a moment when the Nimeiry government was attempting to position the country as the breadbasket of the Arab world — an ambition backed by Gulf investment that largely collapsed by the early 1980s due to mismanagement and drought.