FAO Rep, today met Minister of Agriculture & Food Security, Josephine Lagu & that of Gender Child & Social Welfare, Aya Benjamin Warile.

They agreed to foster partnerships that enhance greater participation of women in agriculture & food systems transformation.

#FoodSystems

With support from the African Development Bank Group, Lokuru, a pastoralist, became a Community Animal #Health Worker through the training he received from Food and Agriculture Organization to save his community's livestock from diseases.

#Livestock 🐐🐄 not only provide food but also serve as a source of income.

To prepare for potential #Livestock disease incidents as the rainy season approaches, Food and Agriculture Organization distributed preparatory kits containing assorted veterinary drugs to Community Animal #Health Workers in Maban County to help them treat their livestock 🐄 🐐

.Food and Agriculture Organization 🇸🇸 held a validation workshop in Juba on SDG5a2, legal assessment report on land rights for women, to promote #GenderEquality & women's empowerment.

Secure land rights unlock women’s agricultural potential & enable access to resources to build resilience.

United Nations Peacebuilding

With the help of the Africa Development Bank African Development Bank Group, through the Build #Resilience for Food & #Nutrition Security in the Horn of Africa (BREFONS), Food and Agriculture Organization is assisting pastoralist communities in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸 to maintain their #Livestock ’s 🐐🐑 health through vaccinations.

Today is World Press Freedom day,we pay tribute to all media & communications workers in the Peace-Humanitarian & Development space not forgetting our own FAO in South Sudan comms team; Chaka, Mogga, Bullen, Mary who publicize our work. #PressForThePlanet

.Food and Agriculture Organization’s #Livestock team travelled to hard-to-reach areas to help beneficiaries in Lotimor & Kauta in Kapoeta East.

They trained Community Animal #Health Workers & conducted vaccinations & treatment.
Protecting the communities' 🐄🐐 safeguards key resources.

🙏 to African Development Bank Group.

.Food and Agriculture Organization’s #Livestock team travelled to hard-to-reach areas to help beneficiaries in Lotimor & Kauta in Kapoeta East.

They trained Community Animal #Health Workers & conducted vaccinations & treatment.

Protecting the communities' 🐄🐐 safeguards key resources.

🙏 to African Development Bank Group.

.Food and Agriculture Organization & World Bank visited a cattle camp at MAFAO today as part of the livestock vaccination campaign.

🙏 to the World Bank, FAO supports pastoralist communities to ensure their 🐄🐐 are healthy while empowering them to value the importance of #Livestock commercialization.

.Food and Agriculture Organization's Emergency Locust Response Program helped Agnes plan her future after receiving teak tree seedlings.

'These are my teak seedlings 🌱 I will harvest & sell them to support my children's education and build a house 🛖'

FAO continues to support beneficiaries like Agnes.

After Food and Agriculture Organization handed over the teak nursery to the 🇸🇸 Central State Min. of #Agriculture at Rombur Boma, 9 000 seedlings 🌱 were distributed under the Emergency Locust Response Program.

This will support locals to generate income, restock the forest, and combat #ClimateChange .

.Food and Agriculture Organization conducted a five-day refresher training for Community-Based Animal Health Workers in the Abyei region.

FAO partnered with IOM South Sudan to train CAHWs to strengthen the network for improving the effectiveness of 🐄 health services delivery to rural communities.

🙏 KOICA.

The Min. of Livestock & Fisheries, Onyoti Adigo, briefed the media in Juba on South Sudan Government’s participation in the Food and Agriculture Organization Africa Regional Conference in Morocco recently.

The conference focused on Resilient agri-food systems and inclusive rural transformation.

#ARC33

Fostering knowledge sharing within FAO in Africa’s initiative, FAO in South Sudan plays a key role in peer-to-peer & cross-program practice-based learning.

Together, we're working towards a standardized resilience measurement tool, enhancing program effectiveness ✅

#LeaveNoOneBehind

We are glad to send the second shipment of farming tools ⛏️ to #Torit for beneficiaries to boost their production during this main farming season 👩‍🌾

🙏 to our donors for the funding. Food and Agriculture Organization continues to support the people of 🇸🇸 in producing their food to combat #FoodInsecurity .

United Nations in 🇸🇸 calls for urgent release of trucks carrying fuel and other critical supplies after Government commits to rescinding tax demands.
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The Embassies of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America urge the transitional government to immediately halt recent actions that have imposed illicit and unacceptable…

.Food and Agriculture Organization's engagement with the local authorities remains crucial for capacity development in the #Abyei region.

🙏 KOICA, our partnership with IOM South Sudan provides training on monitoring & evaluation systems to foster a sense of ownership & ensure the program’s sustainability.

Beneficiaries in Maban harvest their vegetables 🥬 after receiving training from Food and Agriculture Organization.

FAO’s support helps protect their #Livelihoods through enhancing food production & strengthening #Resilience .

Thank you Norway | South Sudan 🇳🇴 for making this possible.

.FAO Director-General QU Dongyu QU Dongyu met with Josephine Lagu, Min. of Ministry of Agric and Food Security - South Sudan at #ARC33 in the Kingdom of Morocco, which is putting a spotlight on the FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022 to 2031.

FAO is committed to supporting resilient agrifood systems & inclusive rural transformation in South Sudan.