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Browsing: climate smart farming in South Sudan
- The programme will be rolled out in Bahr el Ghazal in the north, Eastern Equatoria, Central Equatoria and Jonglei states, creating 179,200 new jobs.
- UN’s FAO and South Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have been picked as the implementers.
- The initiative will boost productivity by an additional 350,000 tonnes of rice and sorghum and 2,450 tonnes of fish.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $46.2 million grant for South Sudan’s agriculture sector. This grant is set to finance South Sudan’s Climate Resilient Agri-Food System Transformation Programme, which is set to run between September 2024 and December 2030.
Over these six years, the project aims to deploy climate-smart technologies and production systems on a large scale while also strengthening the priority value chains of businesses led by women and young people.
The project brief shows that the project seeks to promote digital agricultural and climate advisory solutions …