SOUTHERN SUDAN

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SOUTHERN SUDAN

• Background information and state of Forests in
  Southern Sudan
• ISFAM Oct 01-19 2007 Flagstaff Northern Arizona
  University USA
• Presented
• By
• Jaden Tongun Emilio
• Undersecretary of Forestry
• Ministry of Agriculture and forestry
• GOSS- Juba.

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Southern Sudan

• Southern Sudan comprises of 10 states with total
  area of some 640,000 square kilometres and with
  population estimated at 11.6 million in mid-2007.
  

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10 states of southern sudan
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1-BACKGROUND cont.

• Under the current Comprehensive Peace Agreement
  (CPA) ,signed on the 9th Jan.2005, the ten states
  constitute the Government of Southern Sudan
  (GOSS) operating under the Interim Constitution.
  The CPA provides for Self determination through a
  referendum scheduled for 2011.

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BACKGROUND cont.

• The population has common ethnic, cultural,
  religious background and norms. People of
  Southern Sudan have a long history of resolve and
  military struggle to attain political identity,
  vision and destiny.

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BACKGROUND cont.

• Although fossil oil production is already
  generating substantial incomes ,the overall GOSS
  development strategy is to promote and sustain
  agricultural production and processing as the
  backbone of its economy, now and into the
  long-term future.

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BACKGROUND cont.

• The Government of Southern Sudan, (GOSS)
  accords highest development priority to
  rebuilding its human capacity and infrastructure
  for increased agriculture and forestry production
  throughout the country.

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2-Agriculture and forest policy frameworks

• GOSS has taken a critical look at the past and
  the present evaluated its resources natural,
  human and fiscal identified weaknesses,
  constraints, strengths and opportunities and has
  developed a comprehensive agricultural national
  strategy

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MAF vision

• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( MAF)
  vision Food security for all the people of
  Southern Sudan enjoying improved quality of life,
  environment, and economic prosperity.

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MAF MISSION

• MAF functions on a mission to transform
  agriculture from traditional/subsistence system
  into a modern and socially and economically
  sustainable agriculture through science-based,
  market-oriented, competitive and profitable
  agricultural system, without compromising the
  sustainability of the natural resource for
  generations to come.

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MAF GOALS

• MAF has set three goals to achieve
• Food Self Sufficient by 2011
• Reducing Incidence of Poverty by 30 in 2011
• Contribute to Increased GDP by 25 in 2011

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3-STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• In order to achieve the above national goals, MAF
  will pursue the following key strategic
  objectives
• Priority policies that quickly boosts
  agricultural production
• Make available agricultural inputs, including
  credit facility, at affordable cost
• Rehabilitate and expand rural infrastructure
  including feeder roads, markets

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES cont.

• Develop and provide research and extension
  services, and market linkages
• Develop and strengthen institutional and human
  resource capacity
• Protect, regenerate and conserve natural
  resources formulate policy incentives for
  rational and sustainable management and
  utilisation

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4-SITUATION ANALYSIS

• Southern Sudan has an immense potential for
  sustainable economic development with its endowed
  vast natural resources and favourable
  agro-ecology conditions. About 50 percent of the
  total land surface area is prime agricultural
  land while the remaining 50 percent is composed
  of marginal arable land, forests, mountain and
  wetlands.

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SITUATION ANALYSIS cont.

• . The amount and distribution of rainfall varies
  by region ranging from 500 mm per year in the
  north, providing a growing season of 130 150
  days, to about 2000 mm in the Southwest where the
  growing season is 280 300 days.

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5-STATUS OF FORESTS

• The economic potential of forests is significant
  with teak and mahogany being the two most
  important tree species of Southern Sudan.
  Southern Sudan is richly endowed with natural
  forests and plantations. Before the outbreak of
  the last war in 1983, it was estimated that about
  68 total national forest biomass was located in
  Southern Sudan and formed the base for production
  of 85 sawn timber used in the whole of Sudan

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STATUS OF FOREST cont.

• These forests also play crucial ecological
  functions in Nile Basin context.. The existing
  natural forests and woodlands provide valuable
  commercial products, including timber trees, but
  have become severely degraded by wild fires,
  overgrazing and over cutting during successive
  wars.

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STATUS OF FORESTS cont.

• Forests and forestry activities provide both
  wood and non-wood forest products and a vital
  source of income to the rural poor. In addition
  to direct benefits in the form of income, food
  (Shea butter, fruits, etc) fodder for wildlife,
  etc.,the forests provide many vital indirect
  benefits in form of environmental protection etc.

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6- Priority setting and core programmes

• MAF core programmes are
• Forest and forest biodiversity conservation
• Promotion and support for community participation
  in forest management and protection
• Promotion of private sector participation
• Promotion of forests products processing, trade
  and marketing

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Priority setting and core programmes cont.

• Several agricultural policies are necessary for
  the full implementation of this strategic plan
  Some of the key ones are
• Land use policy Land Ownership/tenure,
  Allocation, Lease Land development, Land tax,
  Zoning, etc.
• Agricultural Inputs policy seed policy input
  pricing, subsidy, and incentives regulation,
  safety and protection of agrochemicals
  quarantines for imported plant materials
  import/export of germplasm, seeds, agricultural
  tools, machinery.

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Priority setting and core programmes cont.

• Agricultural Credit policy incentives to
  farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs in the
  form of loans, loan guarantees, credit facility.
• Agricultural Marketing policy liberalised
  trade and price policy, incentives to private
  sector, policy on market coops taxes and
  charges, local and state barriers commodity
  specific trade policy grain reserve quality and
  standards import and export of agricultural
  products, transport
• Natural Resources and the Environment Management
  policies environmental policy resources use
  policy forest regeneration, management, and
  exploitation cost and use sharing community
  based NRM policy

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Priority setting and core programmes cont.

• Forest policies include
• Forest policy this has been drafted passed by
  the Council of Ministers/GOSS and has been
  presented to the Legislative Assembly for study
  and endorsement
• .Forest concessions policy this has been
  drafted and will soon be debated and adopted.

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Priority setting and core programmes cont

• Forest products pricing policy liberalised
  trade and price policy, incentives to private
  sector policy on marketing, commodity specific
  trade policy quality and standards import and
  export of forest products, transport
• Control of fires policy to cover prevention of
  wild fires fire danger detection and
  preparedness fire barriers fire control
  arrangements.

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IMPLEMENTATION

• The main constraints are Funds and Human
  Resources.Some of the programs are budgeted under
  the MTDF (Multi-donor Trust Fund). The rest will
  be through bilateral agreements with
  international Development Agencies and
  non-governmental organizations
• HRD ie training is a must for implementation

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