Food insecure South Sudan banks on oil money for agriculture
South Sudan President during a visit to his farm in Luri County, Jubek State, on December 29, 2020. Only about 5 per cent of South Sudan is cultivated due to the civil war that started in 2013, according to FAO. PHOTO | SOUTH SUDAN PRESIDENCY
South Sudan is banking on oil monies to revive its stalled agriculture and save its population from perennial dependence on food imports and relief supplies.
The new plan, announced last week by President Salva Kiir, seeks to tap into the earnings from oil and reinvest it into agricultural production.
