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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Northern Bahr el Ghazal government said on Wednesday it intends to boost the current production at the Aweil Rice Scheme and cultivate a record 1,250,000 feddans (525,000 hectares).<\/p>\n

Addressing the state parliament, Governor Tong Akeen Ngor, said the government will engage development partners to boost production at about 47 times the previous level.<\/p>\n

Akeen commended the partners for their \u201ccontinuous support\u201d in reviving the scheme and encouraged communities to avail land.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Governor encouraged the community to avail the land for farming and stressed that the state government is targeting 1,250,000 feddans to be cultivated in order to increase agricultural production and reduce hunger across the state,\u201d reads a statement from the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

The scheme is a national project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security established by the then Sudanese government in 1944.<\/p>\n

It is the biggest rice farm in the country so far, stretching over about 11,000 hectares.<\/p>\n

But since the South Sudan government inherited the scheme upon independence, production had been crippled until August 2023, when the Ministry of Agriculture, UN\u2019s food agencies and the World Bank revived the scheme on a minimum capacity.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Northern Bahr el Ghazal government said on Wednesday it intends to boost the current production at the Aweil Rice Scheme and cultivate a record 1,250,000 feddans (525,000 hectares). 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