A delegation from South Sudan’s Western Bahr El Ghazal State headed by the state minister of agriculture and food security Akwong Bwola visited the Wullu Honey Factory and Processing Site in Lakes State last Thursday.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj during the exchange visit in Wullu County, Lakes State Minister of cooperatives and rural development Philip Taban Chier said the visit was aimed at sharing experiences and learning about the honey industry.
He said the visit was facilitated by the governments of Lakes and Western Bahr el Ghazal as well as the Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO.
Akwong Bwola, the Western Baher el Ghazal agriculture minister and head of the delegation said: “The aim of the exchange visit is to see the Honey Procession Site and factory in Wullu County. We are very happy here in Wulu and we have seen your work both artificial and original works here in this honey factory in Wulu County by Oxfam. We have also heard and seen from you the challenges facing you and the way forward.”
Bwola added that this is only the first of such visits.
The head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation field office in Rumbek, Jaspher Okudi said such visits are opportunities to learn honey production learn best practices, and replicate that in other areas.
“So, I see opportunity in this visit that we going to have a good volume in the future that can be used in the region and beyond,” he said. “Next month, they will have other teams for exchange visits from USAID and other private sectors to come and see the Wulu Honey Association and honey processing and marketing so that they can be able to improve the marketing of honey and also to increase honey production.”
Okudi advised that collaboration with neighboring states such as Western Bahr el Ghazal would increase production and expand the market.