Jonglei farmers’ hopes for good harvest lowered ON SUDANTRIBUNE GOOGLE POWERED Article Comments (4) The following ads are provided by Google. SudanTribune has no authority on it. Email Print Save s By Philip Thon Aleu Sudan Tribune July 2, 2011 (BOR) – Delayed rains and late ploughing of thousands of metres of farm land in Twic East County in Jonglei state are diminishing expectations for a good harvest despite increasing local government support to agricultural activities this year. Touring locally owned farms of at least four thousands Fadden, the effect of poor rains are visible. Large areas remain Promote your Page too ploughed but not sowed. Latest Comments & Analysis “Because of the late Sudan Sanctions: Has the Leopard changed rain, there is its skin spots? moisture deficit and 2018-06-08 23:21:53 Lifting United States Sanctions against Sudan on the farmers could Trial By Ibrahim Musa Thus, October 12, 2017, was not plant,” said such a fear-mongering day coming with the worst Mayen Ngor Atem, news for Sudanese activists, human rights (...) Jonglei state minister of Include S. Sudan opposition groups in Kiir- agriculture and Tractr ploughing in Maar Yen Thumb farm (ST) Machar meeting forestry who led the visit to the farms located in Mar, Wangulei and Panyagor in Twic 2018-06-08 04:30:01 East county. 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By Joan Nyanyuki Gatwich, 34, was arrested by the South Sudan Military Intelligence Directorate in About 35 tractors - including privately owned machines - now operate in the state the aftermath of the July 2016 clashes in Juba and detained at the Gorom Military Base, 20Km (...) according to the ministry. With South Sudan due to celebrate her independence from the North in less than a weeks time on 9 July, increasing food production is an essential project. But local communities’ attitudes toward farming are detrimental, MORE Twic East county commissioner Dau Akooi Jurkuch explained. “We make a lot of encouragement to local communities to produce their own food,” said commissioner Dau. “We need to proceed with this policy of agriculture to produce our own food rather than bringing the food from Uganda, Kenya. We are able, our land is fertile,” he added. Moving through villages before reaching Panyagor, the headquarters of Twic East county, the side of farms around huts is very small. Asked to comment on the diminishing farm sizes, the commissioner blames displacement during the war, post war resettlement and lack of human labour. “You know, people just return homes and they are very reluctant to accept Latest Press Releases farming,” commissioner Dau said. The Suspension of Hurriyat Online But efforts to “abandon relying on relief food” are continuing, commissioner Dau Newspaper claims. 2018-04-29 07:04:37 Sudan Democracy First Group 28 April 2018 The For local farmers in Twic East, the post-war displacement factor and the late rains Sudanese civil and political circles and those played a role in delaying farming activities although insecurity and crime are also to concerned with Sudan were shocked by the news that the management of Hurriyat online blame. newspaper has (...) Atem Ayaach, an administrator in Maar Payam (district) says he had encountered cattle raiders several times since farming began this year. Petition on the Deteriorating Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Sudan “We met them [armed raiders] four times here since the work started,” said Ayaach 2018-04-22 10:01:20 at Yen Thumb, one of the farms located four kilometers east of Maar Payam, Twic UN Secretary-General, New York African Union East county. Commission, Addis Ababa UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva Petition on the “I am not sure there will be good harvest this [year] given these delayed rains,” Deteriorating Human Rights and Humanitarian Ayaach said when asked what his expectations now measure. Situation in Sudan (...) Fuel shortages also delayed some tractors to plough land timely, drivers said. Abyei celebrates Mine Awareness Day 2018-04-05 08:52:03 Though late rains have affected planting in Twic East, in Bor county districts of 4 April 2018 | Abyei - The United Nations Interim Baidit and Jalle, green farms could be seen and healthy crops growing despite there Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) being no organised or mechanised farming. The government only supports grouped commemorated the International Day for Mine farmers. Awareness and (...) But the hopes are still high on the government side. MORE “This is the scaling up to increase food production in Jonglei state and South Sudan as a whole,” said Mayen Ngor, the minister of agriculture and forestry in Jonglei state. The minister expressed his gratitude for business groups that “open the land, cultivate and increased food production so that South Sudan become self-sufficient at this time we are proclaiming a new nation.” The roads connecting Twic East to Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, are also challenging. Transporting fuel is already a challenge. When it rains, villages here are flooded as on Wednesday before visiting area, homes around Panyagor stood in pools of water. (ST) ABOUT SUDAN TRIBUNE ARABIC VERSION RSS FEEDS CONTACT US Copyright © 2003-2018 SudanTribune - All rights reserved. This site uses third party cookies provided by Google in order to provide, display, track, and administer its sponsor link program and map technology. For more information on what Google cookies do and privacy policy see http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies . Close this message box.