Table 5.2: Social issues, their impacts and indicators in South Sudan Agriculture Social issue Impact Mitigation strategies Indicator (i) Food insecurity at house (i) Use of contract service The number of small Resource poor farmers not able to access hold level (ii) Poverty providers (ii) Subsidy on scale farmers farm inputs by the adopting agriculture extension services and agricultural inputs: (i) government (iii) Use technology through Cost of extension service radios, TV, and internet extension services too high (ii) Lack of services and mobile SMS providers credit and in passing on messages services (iii) (iv) demonstration Lack of farm inputs (iv) of technologies, use Lack of sufficient service participatory methods of providers (v) Distance to technology transfer service provider Developed agricultural (i) Research fails to transform (i) Use of contract service (i) Number of research technologies are livelihood of the poor (ii) providers (ii) Subsidy on agriculture no monitored for Poor adaptation and farm inputs by the technology initiatives adoption, impacts on utilization of agriculture government (iii) Use that are farmer people’s livelihoods and technology (iii) Inability to radios, TV, and internet demand driven (ii) environmental scale-up best practices services and mobile SMS Adequate community management in passing on messages representation in all (iv) Group demonstration consultative foray of technologies, use participatory methods of technology transfer (i) Women have (i) Poor adoption of (i) Change in land use (i) % of women inadequate access to and agriculture technology (ii) policy (ii) Gender participating in control of production Increased household food mainstreaming through decision making and resources even though insecurity (iii) Lack of control training consultative fora (ii) they play a critical role in to productive resources and % of women agriculture (ii) No reduced productivity accessing extension ownership of land (iii) No services and control of production or controlling benefits access to markets (iv) No accrued from voice in decision making Agriculture regarding agricultural technologies and policies at farm level (v) Lack of credit facilities (vi) Cultural gender bias Indigenous people (e.g. (i) Poverty (ii) Livelihood (i) Number of the Abangani people in insecurity (i) Change in land use projects that target Ezo county, Andali policy (ii) Gender benefits for Payam, Western mainstreaming through indigenous peoples Equatoria) training
Table 5.2: Social issues, their impacts and indicators in South Sudan Agriculture Social issue Impact Mitigation strategies Indicator Resource poor farmers not able to access extension services and agricultural inputs: (i) Cost of extension service too high (ii) Lack of credit and services (iii) Lack of farm inputs (iv) Lack of sufficient service providers (v) Distance to service provider (i) Food insecurity at house hold level (ii) Poverty (i) Use of contract service providers (ii) Subsidy on farm inputs by the government (iii) Use radios, TV, and internet services and mobile SMS in passing on messages (iv) demonstration of technologies, use participatory methods of technology transfer The number of small scale farmers adopting agriculture technology through extension services providers Developed agricultural research technologies are no monitored for adoption, impacts on people’s livelihoods and environmental management (i) Research fails to transform livelihood of the poor (ii) Poor adaptation and utilization of agriculture technology (iii) Inability to scale-up best practices (i) Use of contract service providers (ii) Subsidy on farm inputs by the government (iii) Use radios, TV, and internet services and mobile SMS in passing on messages (iv) Group demonstration of technologies, use participatory methods of technology transfer (i) Number of agriculture technology initiatives that are farmer demand driven (ii) Adequate community representation in all consultative foray (i) Women have inadequate access to and control of production resources even though they play a critical role in agriculture (ii) No ownership of land (iii) No control of production or access to markets (iv) No voice in decision making regarding agricultural technologies and policies at farm level (v) Lack of credit facilities (vi) Cultural gender bias (i) Poor adoption of agriculture technology (ii) Increased household food insecurity (iii) Lack of control to productive resources and reduced productivity (i) Change in land use policy (ii) Gender mainstreaming through training (i) % of women participating in decision making and consultative fora (ii) % of women accessing extension services and controlling benefits accrued from Agriculture Indigenous people (e.g. the Abangani people in Ezo county, Andali Payam, Western Equatoria) (i) Poverty (ii) Livelihood insecurity (i) Change in land use policy (ii) Gender mainstreaming through training (i) Number of projects that target benefits for indigenous peoples
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