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Project Issues Addressed - Brief Description
Sudan
Institutional
Capacity Project
Food Security
Information for
Action (SIFSIA);
Recovery and
Rehabilitation
Programme,
phase I and II
FAO
Seeds and Tools
distributions
Sudan
Institutional
Capacity
phase II.
The four model projects are:
(1) Aweil Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (Eur
5.7M), (2) Tambura-Wau Market Access (Eur
6M), (3) Bahr el Ghazal Livestock Marketing
Project (Eur 5.3M), and (4) Nyal-Shambe-
Terekaka Fisheries Production and Marketing
Project (Eur 4.9M).
The EC-Funded Project (Eur 20 Million national,
over 5 years) aims to develop an integrated food
security, vulnerability and market information
system. SIFSIA is supplying data for the Food
Security Council (key members include MoFEP,
MAF, MARF and MAARIs) to pass decisions
regarding policies and actions that should
reduce food insecurity in Southern Sudan. The
Project will be implemented by the Southern
Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and
Evaluation (SSCCSE), with FAO support. It will
report to a Food Security Council.
Project Activities are grouped into 3 Main
Components:
1/ Food security policy and planning making
systems component: establishment of a Food
Security Council, each composed by a Technical
Secretariat and four technical sections; and
capacity building through mainly ‘on the job’
training.
2/ Baselines and information systems
component: a ‘Household food consumption and
welfare survey’, and establishment of three
information systems: agricultural and livestock
market information system; agricultural
production monitoring and forecast system; and
natural resources monitoring and mapping
system.
3/ Food security research and capacity building
fund: finance small scale interventions in food
insecure areas.
Objectives included linking recovery and
development with the adoption of a
participatory approach, sustainability in the
capacity building of local Gvt agencies, ensuring
synergies with other donors.
Approach: clear linkages between project and
local development plans.
Every year, as part of its emergency operations,
FAO procures and distributes seeds and tools
through its network of NGOs.
1. food security policy and planning
2. Baselines and information systems
3. Food Security research and capacity building
Geographical
Coverage
Status
National Project management
(FAO) was recruited
early 2007;
First activities (training,
workshops, newsletter
and CFSAM) have been
financed.
Sudan Yearly
Southern Sudan
(a similar program
is in Northern
On-going (mid-term
review conducted for
phase I) and planning is
on-going for phase II
Commenced in 2006
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