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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Tong Akeen Ngor, Governor of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State during the launch of the planting of two million trees in Aweil Town along Maper Akot road – Credit | Office of the Governor-Northern Bahr El Ghazal State 2022 | Friday 22 April, 2022<\/p>\n

The government of Northern Bahr el Ghazal has launched the planting of 2 million fruit trees in the state.Anei Deng Anei who is the state minister of agriculture says the move is to preserve the environment and combat desertification in the region.<\/p>\n

He says the trees shall be planted in five counties of the state.<\/p>\n

The fruit tree seedlings include mango, lemon, orange, guava, avocado, Indian mango, among others.<\/p>\n

According to Deng Anei, the climate change is affecting the agricultural production in the state<\/p>\n

The event was launched on Friday under the theme keep the Town green.Last week youth-led organization, Greening South Sudan and the Episcopal Church launched a campaign to plant 10 million fruit trees in Central Equatoria in the next ten years.<\/p>\n

This step came after the government of Western Equatoria State in January this year directed county authorities to plant at least 5,000 fruit tree seedlings.<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations\u2019 Food and Agriculture Organization, an estimated 18 million acres of forest, which is roughly the size of the country of Panama, are lost each year.<\/p>\n

South Sudan has been experiencing extreme heat -reaching levels of 40 degrees Celsius -since the end of last year.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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