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Assistance Objective: Increase food production and trade in targeted areas of Southern Sudan Component 1: Increase productivity in selected agricultural commodities Illustrative Expected Results: • Both men and women producers will have adopted numerous technologies • Members of producer organizations will be able to develop income statements, determine their costs of farming and will be able to use market intelligence to make decisions on marketing their produce. • Producer organizations (POs) will have competence to bulk individual member orders and produce to take advantage of economies of scale. Producer organizations will be able to negotiate contracts for purchases and sales. • POs will set up savings and loan systems within the group, and eventually access finance from financial institutions. • There will be an increase in the number of private service providers serving smallholders and who will be able to provide a certain level of information about use of their products • Public sector does not compete with the private sector. Component 2: Increase trade in selected agricultural commodities Illustrative Expected Results: • Critical points, such as drainage problems, eroded areas or bridges along priority feeder roads will be repaired to facilitate trade. Public sector and communities will undertake maintenance systems so that feeder roads remain passable. • Men and women farmers’ products will be competitive in Sudanese markets, and there will be increased quantities in markets. In the longer term, Sudanese agricultural products will be competitive in regional markets. • PO members will have access to a wider array of market services such as transport, processing, grading and drying, and there will be increased numbers of enterprises supplying these services. • POs will be able to negotiate for services based on bulking up members’ produce and guaranteeing quality and quantity. As a group, it is expected that they access storage services either owned by the group or contracted with a private entrepreneur. • Financial institutions will develop products such as equipment leasing, trade finance that will inject new capital into the agricultural sector. • Widely available market information decreases collusion in markets Component 3: Improve capacity to support market-led agriculture Illustrative Expected Results: • Micro-, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in targeted sectors will have improved business practices such how to assess the need for, and effectively manage finance, stock/inventory management, basic bookkeeping, management and growth of clientele and marketing practices. Traders will be “professionalized” in their operations. • Policies, legislation and regulations issued by government will be elaborated with input from stakeholders, including private sector (large, medium, small) and producers. • The roles sand activities of the public sector and the private sector is clearly articulated and widely disseminated. EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN vi
• Public sector officers will understand their role as regulator and facilitator of private sector functions, and will have an appropriate level of skills and knowledge of the sectors they regulate. Focus of the Project The project will initially focus on the high potential greenbelt zone of the three Equatoria States. In order to achieve meaningful results, it will be important that the project is focused, both geographically and by commodity. Selection criteria were developed and used to identify possible areas for project activities and to determine commodities. Commodities Selection Criteria: • Importance/contribution of the commodity to food security • Relative numbers of farmers producing the commodity • Size and potential of market demand for the commodity • Availability of technologies and improved practices • Farmer familiarity with the commodity Geographic Selection Criteria – for areas within the three Equatoria States: • Security: The situation in Southern Sudan is still volatile and ever changing with respect to security, and poses problems for project implementers and their ability to access project sites. • Agricultural potential: Project sites should be selected based on their high agricultural potential in order to have the best chance for successfully and profitably increasing surplus production. • Proximity to sizeable markets: Project sites should not be so distant from markets as to make it cost ineffective to produce surpluses for the market. These markets should have sufficient population in the market shed to have a sizeable demand for agricultural products, thus providing incentives to producers for surplus production. • No duplication: − Ensure that there is no duplication/overlap of same/similar activities in same geographic area. − The USAID project may be located where other agriculture projects are being implemented, but USAID’s activity will be adding value and not duplicating efforts of other projects. Tentative geographic areas and commodities are proposed based on the above criteria and on subsequent discussions with government officials at State and local levels. Geographic Focus • Central Equatoria Counties: Morobo, Kajo Keji, Yei • Eastern Equatoria Counties: Magwi, Ikotos, Budi • Western Equatoria Counties: Maridi, Mundri, Tambura (if security permits) Commodity and Programmatic Focus It is recommended that the project focus on a combination of selected food staple crops, oilseeds, cash crops, livestock, market development and feeder roads. Suggested commodities are: • Ground nuts • Sorghum EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN vii
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