E. R. Orskov

Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB, Scotland.

INTRODUCTION

First of all I feel honoured to be asked to write a small article for the Sudan Journal of Animal production. I feel honoured in particular because I have some commitment to the Journal. On one of my trips to the Sudan I found that I was actually communicating from laboratory to laboratory as to what was going on in each of them. Few countries can afford such lack of communication firstly because it can lead to overlap of effort, but more importantly perhaps the stimulation and challenge to research comes by discussing and even arguing with mind-like colleagues. When I mentioned this to a few of the founding members of your Journal they were already aware of it and if my prodding acted as a catalyst to get things actually moving then this is to me very .rewarding. The hard, painstaking work in maintaining such a Journal has been with you. I salute you for your achievement and persistence and hope you can maintain it.

In the following I would like briefly to address a few comments to problem oriented research and even speculate as to the most pressing problems for Sudan animal production. I may, of

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