Grace Akot is 35 years old, a resident of Magwi Boma of Magwi Payam. She is one of the project beneficiaries for main season who receive vegetable seed during distribution under the project of ELRP through GLOBAL AIM South Sudan with support from FAO. Grace is a female headed household with three family size 2 female, 1male who is a returnee from the camp for the last 10 month ago.
Describe the situation of the beneficiary and support received
Before the support the beneficiary doesn’t have vegetable seed and crop seeds, therefore she able get seed to plant during main season she able to sold eggplant for 10,000 due to her house hold status as a returnee, and her situation was even worst that she doesn’t have seeds to be planted , not able to pay children to school. After the support she said, she will involve in serious farming for all varieties of seeds given to me and tell other farmers to do the same in order to fight hunger at our households and encouragers other to do the same . The support provided today by GLOBAL AIM with support from FAO creates hope to me and the community. I am very optimistic and sure to be able to meet my household requirements without the help of my other family members after harvesting my crops in this second planting season and also have animal at my compound.
What would she request from us?
Grace after the support she requested for effective extension services to support her farming through training on technical agronomic practices, marketing and business skills so as the seeds given are benefit to her families and entire community. Additional she requested for storage and preservation facilities for keeping grains after harvest and awareness of farmers against natural disasters to avoid loses of seeds and hunger at households.
NGO Staff remarks and comments
I am very thankful to FAO for the support and the opportunity given to us to implement this project of Emergency livelihoods response programme and additional I thank the Staffs of County Agriculture Department, RRC, AAP committees, community leaders and beneficiaries in supporting GLOBAL AIM staff to accomplish the distribution of emergency livelihood kits successfully.
My comment is that let all aspects of agronomic practices be implemented before and after distribution of seeds and Tools to the farmers in order to realize better harvest at the end of the season.
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