Economic Growth - A DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP: USAID AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN A CRISIS WITHIN A CRISIS: HUNGER AND DISPLACEMENT IN SOUTH SUDAN

Economic Growth USAID Economic Growth A DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP: USAID AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN The partnership between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the people of South Sudan goes back decades. [...] USAID provides farmers with basic tools and seeds and focuses on building agricultural skills and financial resilience through small-scale business development and community savings, banking, and lending programs. [...] With nearly 500 kilometers, or about 310 miles, of paved roads, South Sudan has the lowest level of rural accessibility to road networks in the world; about one quarter of the rural population has access to an all-season road and many roads are rendered impassable or difficult to travel on during the rainy season. [...] To help build small-scale private sector activities, USAID provides resources to women and youth in Western Equatoria and Lakes States to produce, process, and sell honey and shea butter. [...] BUILDING FARMERS’ AGRICULTURAL SKILLS AND STRENGTHENING LIVELIHOODS Up to 95 percent of South Sudanese depend on subsistence farming, fishing, or herding for food and income, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization; yet, South Sudan faces one of the worst humanitarian and food security crises in the world.