Lack of adequate capacity for South Sudan lacks adequate MAG should include a environmental and social qualified staff and component for training and screening of small-scale mechanisms for the screening capacity building for community activities may exacerbate and mitigation of impacts groups and associations to existing environmental and induced from its activities. prioritize their needs and social issues affecting This is especially important manage the environmental and communities within the target since programs will be social aspects of the areas. community driven where local government officials and such expertise may be other service providers to assist lacking. This may exacerbate communities in preparation of current environmental stress. project proposals, and to appraise, approve and supervise implementation of projects. Alternative livelihoods like Improved access to markets Although alternative livelihood fish farming, bee keeping, may increase incentives to strategies will seek to strengthen intensification of agricultural increase under and add to existing systems, production may result in production or increase animal MAF needs to call for an improved and may numbers. integrated systems to ensure also lead to an increase in counter measures to secure the areas brought under natural resources base. cultivation and overall numbers of livestock. There are a significant The institutional authority, MAF will work to build capacity number of NGOs and position and financial size of within national, provincial, and Development agency financed MAF is significant in community administrations, and projects in South Sudan with comparison to the smaller continue the collaborative considerable rural scale NGO and approach; and consider making development experience, and funded development projects use of NGOs as service may feel threatened by MAF in rural areas. This may have providers, in addition to private if not effectively included in implications for the relation sector contractors where the process. between government appropriate. administrations and NGOs, between existing projects, and communities, and among staff of government and NGOs. Rising population pressures, MAF investments may serve MAF will continue to work inter tribal conflicts, to bring back those who had carefully with communities to deteriorating resource base migrated out in search of devise measures to support and increasing intensification income earning alternatives sustainable investments and of the traditional production into the recipient ensure the inclusion of migrants systems have led to an communities and they will into communities. increase in the number of also seek to benefit from the land-related conflicts, and improvements. This could introduction of investments in lead to friction or conflict and such areas may attract outside put additional pressure on migrants that will increase limited resources. pressure on existing resources.
Lack of adequate capacity for environmental and social screening of small-scale activities may exacerbate existing environmental and social issues affecting communities within the target areas. South Sudan lacks adequate qualified staff and mechanisms for the screening and mitigation of impacts induced from its activities. This is especially important since programs will be community driven where such expertise may be lacking. This may exacerbate current environmental stress. MAG should include a component for training and capacity building for community groups and associations to prioritize their needs and manage the environmental and social aspects of the local government officials and other service providers to assist communities in preparation of project proposals, and to appraise, approve and supervise implementation of projects. Alternative livelihoods like fish farming, bee keeping, intensification of agricultural production may result in improved and may also lead to an increase in areas brought under cultivation and overall numbers of livestock. Improved access to markets may increase incentives to increase under production or increase animal numbers. Although alternative livelihood strategies will seek to strengthen and add to existing systems, MAF needs to call for an integrated systems to ensure counter measures to secure the natural resources base. There are a significant number of NGOs and Development agency financed projects in South Sudan with considerable rural development experience, and may feel threatened by MAF if not effectively included in the process. The institutional authority, position and financial size of MAF is significant in comparison to the smaller scale NGO and development projects in rural areas. This may have implications for the relation between government administrations and NGOs, between existing projects, and communities, and among staff of government and NGOs. MAF will work to build capacity within national, provincial, and community administrations, and continue the collaborative approach; and consider making use of NGOs as service providers, in addition to private sector contractors where appropriate. Rising population pressures, inter tribal conflicts, deteriorating resource base and increasing intensification of the traditional production systems have led to an increase in the number of land-related conflicts, and introduction of investments in such areas may attract outside migrants that will increase pressure on existing resources. MAF investments may serve to bring back those who had migrated out in search of income earning alternatives into the recipient communities and they will also seek to benefit from the improvements. This could lead to friction or conflict and put additional pressure on limited resources. MAF will continue to work carefully with communities to devise measures to support sustainable investments and ensure the inclusion of migrants into communities. funded
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