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SOUTH SUDAN FSL JONGLEI COORDINATION – MEETING MINUTES LOCATION: State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Offices DATE: 17 June, 2014 CHAIR: George Mvula AGENDA: 1. Introduction and Opening Remarks by the State Ministry of Agriculture OR Livestock, 2. Review of the Action Points from the Previous Meeting and Adoption of Minutes; 3. Food Security and Livelihood Updates by Partners focusing on: a) County level response objective and activities (Planned and Actual) b) Update on Food Security Outlook (sectoral performance – livestock, agriculture and fisheries; household access to food, food availability, consumption patterns, market performance, nutritional trends, prevailing livelihood hazards and access to humanitarian services); c) Main challenges and/or constraints faced by FSL partners in programme implementation; 4. Review of Gaps per County 5. Food Security Monitoring System – call for participation by the FSL partners; 6. AOB Introduction and Opening Remarks by the State Ministry of Agriculture OR Livestock The meeting was officially opened by the Acting Director General of the State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Machar Awaol Deng). He stressed that the agricultural season has progressed; tractors have been dispatched to different payams (Jalle, etc). The Ministry is anticipating delivery of spare parts within this week for other tractors. The operations at the State Central Nursery have started focusing on land preparation, plant propagation and seed production with the aim of producing appropriate plant materials for the State. http://foodsecuritycluster.net/operations/south-sudan SOUTH SUDAN FSL JONGLEI COORDINATION – MEETING MINUTES Maintenance of the Ministry buildings is continuing. It is hoped that once completed, Ministry operations will be improved. Action Points: o The Ministry to share detailed updates in the next meeting. Review of the Action Points from the Previous Meeting and Adoption of Minutes The meeting reviewed minutes and actions from last meeting’s minutes and adopted them with minor changes (clarification from CASI on sites of their operations). The two main action points from the last meeting are still pending – George still working on them. Action Points o George to finalize the pending action points. Food Security and Livelihood Updates by Partners focusing on County Level Response, Food Security and Livelihood Updates and Challenges VSF-Belgium They have activities in the following Bor, Akobo, Uror, Ayod and Nyirol. Bor County: - Slaughter de-stocking activities - with the aim of availing fresh meat to supplement food needs while improving incomes of livestock owners. Currently targeting 9,000HHs. VSF B buys animals from livestock owners within the Community, slaughter them, inspect and distribute fresh meat to targeted HHs to compliment WFP Food ration. These activities are implemented in Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit, Jelle, Bor town, and Bor POC. - Vaccination – to protect livestock population within Bor County against http://foodsecuritycluster.net/operations/south-sudan SOUTH SUDAN FSL JONGLEI COORDINATION – MEETING MINUTES endemic diseases. The activity targets 3 000HHs in Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jelle. So far 46 656 animals have been vaccinated (27 794 Sheep and goats and 19 862 cattle). - Livestock de-worming – within the payams of Bor County to reduce worm load and which will lead to increase in milk yield. Supporting 3 000Hs in the following payams Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jelle. Currently 9 640 animals have been treated against 380 cases of different diseases. - Refresher training course targeting 25 Community Animal Health Workers from Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jelle payams. These CAHWs have already been utilised during the on-going vaccination campaigns. - Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) – targeting 30 people in Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jelle payams. The important priority diseases in Bor county is East Coast Fever - (Jong Juba), HS (Yuiir), Trypanosomiasis - (Luach), internal/external parasites - (Kaam) and Chronic Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia - (Abot) for cattles and Peste des Petit Ruminants - (Jong thok), Chronic Caprine Pleuro Pneumonia - (Abot thok) and internal/external parasites (Kaam) for sheep and goats. In Baidit/Jelle and Kolnyang - ECF rank as the highest most important disease while it ranks third in Anyidi/Makuach; while in Anyidi/Makuach - HS ranks as the most important disease while it ranks second and third for Baidit/Jelle and Kolnyang respectively. PPR is ranked as the most important disease for sheep and goats in Bor County (mass vaccination necessitated). CCPP ranked as the second most important goats disease in Baidit/Jalle and Kolnyang. - Veterinary Public Health awareness on Rabies – working with 300HHs, VSF-B conducted awareness in Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jelle payams. The activity is implemented through Jonglei Radio and received positive feedback from the communities. Akobo County: - Restocking – VSF purchases small ruminants and distributes them to vulnerable HHs in Akobo. So far 150HHs have been supported through this initiative. http://foodsecuritycluster.net/operations/south-sudan SOUTH SUDAN FSL JONGLEI COORDINATION – MEETING MINUTES Akobo, Ayod, Nyirol and Uror – animal health targeting 5 000HHs. VSF B dispatched assorted drugs to Akobo and Ayod respectively however; the drugs and equipment for Nyirol and Uror are still in Juba due to accessibility challenges to the two locations. A team is currently conducting training of CAHWs in Akobo. Issues – Accessibility challenges for Nyirol and Uror. VSF-B has cargo for the two locations stuck in Juba because they are facing challenge of delivering them. Action Points o None. VSF-German VSF-G has activities in Pochalla and Pibor under the Jonglei State. All these activities are related to livestock. Pochalla: VSF-G, through FAO is targeting 1,600HHs with veterinary support (animal disease treatment and vaccinations). Twenty (20) CAHWS will be trained and supported with VET kit over a period of 5 months. Pibor: 2,000HHs have been targeted for veterinary support in treatment and vaccination while 25 CAHWs will be supported with emergency veterinary kits. Bor South: Activities will commence as soon as grant agreements are signed. Norwegian People’s Aid Working with WFP in Ayod, Uror, Pochalla, Nyirol, Pigi, and Fangak to distribute food to IDPs and food insecure populations. http://foodsecuritycluster.net/operations/south-sudan SOUTH SUDAN FSL JONGLEI COORDINATION – MEETING MINUTES The following is the breakdown of County distributions figures: County Payams Beneficiaries MT Ayod Ayod, Pagil, 35 141 475.1 Mogok, Kuac- deng, Pajiek, Korwai Uror Pieri, Payai, Yuai, 39 208 609.64 Tiam, Motot, Karam, Ppulchuol, Pathai Pochalla 4 782 79.73 Nyirol Pigi Atar 1 526 54.58 Fangak These deliveries are done by air. Besides relief food distribution NPA is also implementing a Smallholder Production and Marketing Products project which is funded by the Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD). The project aims at supporting the agriculture production in form of revolving grants, inputs and extension services, strengthening agricultural market through providing support to farmers’ organizations and market actors. By the end of the May, a total of SSP18 507 was given to two organizations (Seed Multiplication Centre Produce Group and Chileu Women Group all n Twic East. In Bor County, four farmer groups have done land preparation using State Ministry of Agriculture tractors. - Bor Community Self Help Group has ploughed seven feddans of vegetable; - Women Sugarcane and Vegetable Production has ploughed seven feddans of vegetables; - Detong Farmers Group has ploughed ten feddans for cereals; - Abier - Dek Farmers groups has ploughed four feddans of cereals. http://foodsecuritycluster.net/operations/south-sudan SOUTH SUDAN FSL JONGLEI COORDINATION – MEETING MINUTES The project also conducted a sorghum seed trial for two varieties (Wat-Ahmed and Mecia) in Bor County. Issues – i) Insecurity is impeding access to Pigi and Nyirol ii) In Jiech – 13 565 IDPs had been registered in Jiech (Ayod County) iii) The NPA staff in Fangak (Phom) reported an influx of 36,000 IDPs. This information was also disseminated from the County Commissioner’s office in Phom, New Fangak. However, this information needs verification. Reportedly they are coming from Ayod County. Community Agriculture and Skills Initiative (CASI) CASI in partnership with the World Food Programme is distributing food to IDPS in all payams of Bor county except Bor town payam. These payams are: Kolnyang payam targeting 11 423 beneficiaries with 192MT of food for the month of June; Jelle payam supporting a total of 7 610 beneficiaries with 130MT of food; Baidit payam supporting a total of 5 560 beneficiaries with 92MT of food; Anyidi payam targeting a total of 311 beneficiaries with 2MT of food. In partnership with FAO, CASI will distribute seeds and tools in two counties of Twic East and Bor county. The beneficiaries are not yet identified, the identification is in progress. Fishing gear will also be distributed. The distribution will start as soon as the seeds and tools arrive from Juba. It was agreed that CASI needs to liaise with CARE to ensure that duplication is avoided in Twic East as CARE is also supporting farmers with seeds and inputs. The same needs to be done with Plan International for Bor County. Plan International (by email) Plan indicated that trucks with seeds and tools from