South Sudan

<p style="text-align: justify;">The South Sudan Green and Resilient Agriculture and Climate Economy project is a joint collaborative initiative of the European Union, FAO, WFP and ITC. It has an overall goal of promoting green, sustainable, and climate-resilient economic development by contributing to increased food and nutrition security, resilience to shocks, and job creation in South Sudan. It has three major specific objectives of a) strengthening agricultural livelihoods through increased productive capacity and productivity; b) supporting the development of a more competitive, sustainable, and modern agriculture through the development of resilient agricultural value chains, the improvement of access to services, and the empowerment of women and youth; and c) enhancing the protection and sustainable management of the natural resource base of the economy and agricultural livelihoods. The project supports the development of sorghum, groundnuts, honey, and horticulture value chains. To contribute to the achievement of the objectives, ITC&rsquo;s role will focus on providing support aimed at enhancing the business enabling environment; supporting market development, value addition and quality compliance capacities through training, advisory, and experience sharing; creating market linkages; and building capacities to facilitate regional, continental and global trade integration for South Sudan. The project is funded by the European Union and is implemented over a period of 48 months in four states, namely: Central Equatoria State, Lakes State, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, and Western Equatoria State.</p>