South Sudan: S. Sudan’s Kiir Says Farming Will Address Economic Hardship

Mar 19, 2015 | South Sudan
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South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir has advised citizens to turn to farming in order to address the country’s economic hardship, worsened by the ongoing conflict.

“We need to look to what we can do by ourselves. I urge our people and private sector to double their efforts in tilling the land, starting from this agricultural season, and to earn our living from our land rather than depending on oil and importation of food from the neighbouring countries,” Kiir told a public rally organised in the capital, Juba on Wednesday.

He said it was unlikely the economic situation would have improved immediately, had he signed a peace agreement with the armed opposition leader rebel, Riek Machar.