South Sudan's Minister of Agriculture participates in the 19th session of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture of East African States
Ahmed Salem
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Clement Juma, arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at the head of a high-level delegation from the ministry, to participate in the work of the nineteenth session of the Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security of the East African Community (EAC).
The delegation included the Undersecretary for Food Security, Dr. Michael Roberto Keni, and the Director of the Field Crops Production Department, Alfred Wani, in his capacity as the East African Community Coordinator, along with the Deputy Director of Planning and Programs, Angelo Joseph Lemor. Upon arrival, the delegation was received by the Ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan to Tanzania, Gloria John Mambiya, and several members of the embassy staff in Dar es Salaam.
A platform for coordinating regional agricultural policies
The annual ministerial meeting, organized by the East African Community, is a key platform for coordinating regional agricultural policies, promoting food security, standardizing agricultural production inputs and standards, as well as discussing food and nutrition security challenges in the region's countries.
This year’s meeting focuses in particular on deepening regional integration and promoting cross-border agricultural trade, which will contribute to achieving sustainable economic development within the member states of the group.
Minister Clement Juma is scheduled to participate in high-level sessions with his counterparts, the Ministers of Agriculture in East African countries, to review policies related to intra-regional trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, in addition to discussing ways to remove non-tariff barriers that still impede the flow of agricultural products between the countries of the region.
