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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Former Western Bahr el Ghazal State politician-turned-farmer Santino Manut Akec has appealed for machinery to expand his groundnut farm which reportedly employs over 80 workers.<\/p>\n

65-year-old Manut, the former commissioner of defunct Marial-Bai County has cultivated 510 hectares of groundnut and 215 hectares of sorghum, this season.<\/p>\n

The farm located 30 kilometers north of Wau town has been supplying groundnuts, sorghum, sesame, beans, and maize to humanitarian organizations.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the former Marial-Bai commissioner invited reporters to his farm to have a first-hand account of his activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, we cultivated 510 hectors of groundnut and 215 hectors of sorghum, I called these journalists to witness so that our people can see and follow the same work of food production,\u201d he said speaking at the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have 85 workers on my farms, I used to feed them, be responsible for their children all and this main my farm is small in a situation like a minister that provides works opportunities to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Manut said he has employed 85 workers on his farm to support their families.<\/p>\n

He further appealed to the government to provide him with a tractor and other farm machinery to boost productivity at his farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf possible and the president hear me, let him at least provide us with one tractor so that we can increase our ability to cultivate a large farm that could even feed Western Bahr el Ghazal state at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

In April 2015, President Salva Kiir bought 1,000 tractors to be distributed to all 10 states free of charge,<\/p>\n

But Manut Akech said the tractors did not make it to the area.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Former Western Bahr el Ghazal State politician-turned-farmer Santino Manut Akec has appealed for machinery to expand his groundnut farm which reportedly employs over 80 workers. 65-year-old Manut, the former commissioner of defunct Marial-Bai County has cultivated 510 hectares of groundnut and 215 hectares of sorghum, this season. 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