Investigation of dietary changes in the Gezira, Sudan

Abstract

In 1925, irrigation water brought the Gezira area of the Sudan under cotton production. The Gezira Irrigation Scheme transformed an agricultural and pastoral people into tenant cultivators and wage laborers. Twenty‐six years later, Mrs. G. M. Culwick documented dietary intake among the Scheme's inhabitants. Her account of village life details patterns of food consumption in relation to the physical environment, social structure, available food stuffs and traditional methods of food processing and preparation. Diet in the Gezira Irrigated Area, Sudan describes the interplay of etiologic factors which contribute to malnutrition.