CES farmers trained to operate tractors

80 farmers in Central Equatoria State have been trained on the use of tractors for large scale farming.

The training was an initiative of the state’s ministry of agriculture, aimed at increasing food production through mechanized farming.

The farmers were from Jebel Ladu, Juba County, which currently has 133 hectares of maize.

The acting Director General for Mechanization in the Ministry, Drani Tom Severino, says mechanized farming is the only way to increase food production.

“Actually the objective of that mechanized system of that farming operation is to produce food in large quantities – mass production – because with our hand tools, we cannot really achieve much of food we need because our population increases almost every year,” Mr Tom said.

The Jebel Ladu farming project is an initiative between the Canadian Economic Development and the Government of South Sudan to establish mechanized farming in the country.