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• Priority crops by AEZ: Green Belt: maize, rice and groundnuts; Ironstone plateau: sorghum, cassava and groundnuts; Mountains/ hills; vegetables • Livestock development priorities by location: Eastern WES: agro-pastoralism; middle WES: small ruminants and poultry • There are no donor programs in agriculture, but there is donor support for fisheries and livestock. • Capacity building is very important and is needed in all counties for CAEWs, CAHWs, • The goal of MAF strategy is to reach self sufficiency and to sell the surplus at rewarding prices • One proposal from the State is to support the development of group managed mechanized schemes, concentrating on a specific crop. • The State encourages large scale investors, including foreign investors, for commercial agriculture/forestry. Potential investors have met with officials, but no follow up. Examples: Germans for fruit crops (mangoes and pineapples); Canadian for horticultural crops for European and American markets; and Indians for in palm oil, cotton and forestry. • Market development priorities were summarized − processing products; − trucking livestock to central markets; − improve and professionalize the capacity of the traders by organizing them in traders’ associations and providing training; and − investing in market information • Rural finance: lack of finance constrains farmers, traders (can’t buy vehicles). SUMI does not cover the needs of most of the population because it is only short term credit for limited businesses. BRAC has not yet started. • Transport – there are no trucking or transport companies • Capacity building: − at State level: policy development, planning for senior staff; development and implementation of regulatory and legal frameworks via short term courses (1-3 mo); M&E − at county: policy development, extension and technology transfer, M&E − payam level: extension and technology transfer EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN 86
DATE: May 27, 2009 PARTICIPANTS: Peter Ewell, USAID/EA Nzuki Mwania, Regional Trade Policy Adviser Kenneth Kambona, Regional Agr Trade and Policy adviser Kaarli Sudsmo EA Regional Coordinator and Knowledge Management Focal Point; Dr Hudson, Agricultural Adviser Ahmed Sidahmed LOCATION: Nairobi, Kenya USAID Offices PURPOSE: De-brief the Regional Economic Growth and Investment Office (REGI) of USAID/East Africa on the initial proposed directions for the new agriculture project in Southern Sudan. The presentation used for the Juba Meeting with GOSS and donors was used. DISCUSSION POINTS • Discussion touched on issues of security, production, self sufficiency, cross border trade and reliance on commercial food imports or food aid. • Issues related to the current status of roads and transport and donor action were discussed • USAID/EA team did not raise any major concerns with the exception of the question of investing on small farmers versus large scale farming. However, it was explained that this is USAID policy. The representative of the design team indicated his agreement with investing in supporting smallholder farmers since the MDG on poverty reduction is one of the over arching goals of USAID’s agricultural programs. EXPANDING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN 87
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CONTENTS ACRONYMS..................
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IFAD International Fund for Agricul
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sector capacity to provide services
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• Public sector officers will und
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1. PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT REPORT USA
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The level of poverty is extremely h
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when the rains begin later than usu
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difficult to transport surpluses to
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• Basic education accessible to 8
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2. Past and Current USAID Investmen
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iii. Environment USAID helped to bu
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• Increasing food supply and redu
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Efforts to link increased productiv
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Soil fertility. While most official
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shelter/plastic cover. The rent cha
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literacy are major challenges to de
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2. The need to focus In order to de
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3. Approaches: • Market-led produ
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Component 3: Improve Capacity to Su
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Crop farming: Detailed Findings Pri
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Livestock policy areas: • Need to
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