The Jonglei state government opened a large farm on Friday in Akur village of Baidit Payam.

State governor Philip Aguer together with state officials went to the site in order to break ground for the project.

The farm is meant to cover 1750 square kilometers of land from Akur to Gatdiang at the border of Bor and Pibor counties. 

“We have taken all our equipment there…it is not something that we will just finish overnight, it is a project that may not be completed this year, it may take us this year and next year but we are starting today,” said local acting SPLM secretary general Mawut Achiek.

Mawut said they have given one Toyota Landcruiser V8 to the official supervising the farm and some tractors.

Police, prisons, and wildlife officers are being deployed at the farm to protect the workers in the fields.