The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has ranked Western Equatoria State as the best in its annual food production index for 2021.
This was announced by FAO’s Country Representative during the launch of “Community Action for Peaceful Resolution of Housing, Land and Property Disputes and Conflicts” in Wau Town.
Meshack Malo said Western Equatoria showed up with an overall performance of 125 percent followed by Eastern Equatoria 89 percent and Western Bahr el Ghazal the third with 84 percent.
“The number one was Western Equatoria that has 126 in the performance of agriculture, anything above 100 percent means you are able to produce enough food for yourself,” Malo disclosed.
Meshack Malo did not however made public performances of the remaining seven states and three administrative areas.
Mr. Malo stated that the improvement of food production in Western Bahr el Ghazal state was attributed to peace and stability in the area.
For her part, Western Bahr al Ghazal State Governor Sarah Cleto applauded FAO for its efforts in fighting food insecurity in the country.
“We are grateful to FAO for what they have been doing in terms of agriculture and livelihood support to our people,” Sarah said.
In December last year, a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that South Sudan lost at least 37,000 tons of cereal production to flash floods in 2021.