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DATE: May 19, 2009 PARTICIPANTS: H.E. State Minister of Agriculture Dr. Betty Achien Ogwaro and her senior officials (agriculture, fisheries, animal resources, gender, research and extension, environment and tourism, forestry, cooperatives) Lawrence Otika Joseph, DG Agriculture H.E. Col. Massimino Allam Tiyaha Commissioner of Torit County West Yugulle, USAID/Sudan Justin Taban, MAF Sampson Bringi Francis, MARF Scott Allen Ahmed Sidahmed Meg Brown LOCATION: Torit, Eastern Equatoria PURPOSE: Hold discussions with country officials about agriculture priorities and gaps in Eastern Equatoria, understand what programs are currently going on and what gaps are the most critical for USAID to consider for support. Identify likely geographic focus of USAID interventions. Visit Ministry of Agriculture demonstration farm, visit the market and interview traders. DISCUSSION POINTS • The Minister voiced concern with the lack of progress on the MDTF reaching and benefiting Eastern Equatoria. • The Minister summarized the State’s needs to transform agriculture from subsistence to marketbased commercial. They requested immediate short term help and would like to have a technical assistant. − Improve capacity of all sections of ministry − Build county level building (MDTF has failed to do this) − Conduct needs assessment (done) − Develop an effective data base for every county and receive training in use and in mapping. − Training in planning – develop framework for each Directorate − Develop land use planning as land act is silent on agricultural uses − Delineate environmental concerns vis-à-vis ag practices, forestry use − Dissemination of technologies for ministry staff and progressive farmers Ministry’s priority activities: • Markets: road and transport improvement, increase marketing of ag products • Agriculture: seeds, extension, storage, farmers’ group formation and capacity building, • Forestry: improved use and protection of forests and forest products (EES considers itself the richest state in forestry resources. EES forests are good potential for management and for incentives to allow for marketing gum Arabic, and saw mills for timber), adherence to a clear environmental policy, • Fisheries: river fisheries development • Livestock: improve livestock production; • Capacity: plan and develop result-oriented training programs for farmers, private and public sectors. EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN 82
Working with farmers: • Training in farming as a business, and link progressive ones to banks • promote ox plow and perhaps tractors later • Plant protection measures needed • Strengthen women’s groups who tend to be more productive, may need literacy training • Use of demonstration farms, agricultural fairs, organizing farmers’ groups are effective mechanisms • Livestock: − Vaccination campaigns − Tick treatments, disease control especially ECF, PPR − Promote cross border trade with healthy animals − Develop cold chains − Fattening farms − Set up vet shops for CAHWs • Cooperatives: − Develop primary and unions. Unions hold security reserves − Promote through Coops Day • Priority areas include: − improved granaries and storage facilities, − building on NGOs supported innovations such as ox plows, − vegetable production. • Need to ensure sustainability and avoid duplication of efforts was stressed • No grants to farmers. Loans with in kind repayment (for ex., seeds) • NGOs: − NPA – does training, but no visible impact − NCA – very small scale, works with farmer groups − AAI – does ag but is phasing out − CRS did good work with ox plow, and vegetables − No NGOs in Chukudum • Magwi County has excellent agricultural potential and very good potential for increased food production. However, there is urgent need to improve the Captain Cook road stretch to Magwi • The IFAD project in Magwi will cover a very small percentage (1%) of the county. USAID is encouraged to come into the other payams and bomas of Magwi county. • An important feeder road to consider is Magwi – Palotaka road • The major food crops are sorghum, sesame, maize, ground nuts. There is good potential, based on pre-conflict times, for cash crops such as coffee, tea and cotton. • Livestock improvement potential: cattle, sheep, goats and poultry in Chukadum county and for small ruminants and poultry in Magwi county. The State officials considered Land o’ Lakes dairy project could have been successful had it not been prematurely cancelled. NOTE: there was strong criticism of USAID for not taking time to do an orderly close out and hand over of the project to the State government. EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN 83
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CONTENTS ACRONYMS..................
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