USA Funds Development Program To Reduce Food Insecurity In South Sudan
United States Government funds Development Program to reduce food
insecurity in communities affected by drought and conflict in South
Sudan.13 October 2011 JUBA, South Sudan - On October 13, 2011, United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director
in South Sudan, Kevin J. Mullaly will officially launch the U.S.
government-funded Jonglei Food Security Program (JFSP) in Bor, capital
of Jonglei State in South Sudan.
Through this program, USAID, in partnership with Catholic Relief
Services (CRS) and its implementing partners Save the Children and
Joint Aid Management, will support communities and the government of
South Sudan to enable them to address the root causes of food
insecurity throughout Jonglei State.
This U.S. government-funded program, valued at approximately $53
million, aims to improve the food security situation of target
populations in Jonglei State, one of the most food insecure states in
South Sudan. The program will strengthen household and community
resiliency to food security shocks; increase crop and livestock
productivity; and help agro-pastoralists and pastoralists increase
their income by building their production capacity and business
skills.
The program will help meet the needs of 149,661 chronically and
temporarily food insecure households in Akobo, Ayod, Bor, Nyirol,
Pibor, Pochalla, Twic East and Wuror in Jonglei State.
Program activities are scheduled to begin this month and continue for
three years.
The U.S. government is the world’s largest provider of food aid,
providing over 2.1 million tons of food, valued at more than 2.1
billion, in fiscal year 2010, benefitting over 53 million people in 48
countries.
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