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South Sudan: Project Highlights - OSRO/SSD/801/EC

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 3 p.

Author FAO ;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The European Union contributed EUR 2 million (USD 2 277 200) to the FAO project, "South Sudan rural development: Strengthening smallerholders resilience in Northern Bahr el Ghazal", which was implemented from 15 April 2019 to 14 April 2023. The project aimed to improve livelihoods by enhancing food production and diversification, market access and work opportunities. The project successfully reached 2 950 households (17 700 people) of whom 2 100 were headed by women through improved land use management, improved food consumption and dietry diversity, strengthened Village Savings and Loan Association functioning and extension services and the provision of training and inputs for sustainable agricultural practices.

Last updated 20/08/2024

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