[{"bbox": [96, 153, 1134, 256], "category": "Text", "text": "The Great Green Wall of Africa has ambitious targets to protect and expand fertile land, achieve food security for millions in Africa, and promote climate resilience. Firmly anchored in all of GGW's five programmatic pillars, the Action therefore provides an opportunity for South Sudan to directly contribute and compliment these continent wide ambitions:"}, {"bbox": [136, 259, 1133, 312], "category": "List-item", "text": "(i) Pillar 1: Investment in small and medium enterprises and strengthening of value chains, local markets, export organization;"}, {"bbox": [136, 312, 775, 338], "category": "List-item", "text": "(ii) Pillar 2: Land restoration and sustainable ecosystem management;"}, {"bbox": [136, 338, 830, 365], "category": "List-item", "text": "(iii) Pillar 3: Climate resilient infrastructure and access to renewable energy;"}, {"bbox": [136, 365, 961, 392], "category": "List-item", "text": "(iv) Pillar 4: Enabling economic and institutional framework for effective governance; and"}, {"bbox": [136, 392, 424, 418], "category": "List-item", "text": "(v) Pillar 5: Capacity Building."}, {"bbox": [96, 444, 1134, 662], "category": "Text", "text": "At a national level, the Action is closely aligned with the Government of South Sudan **Revised National Development Strategy**² (NDS 2021-2024), whose overarching theme is to Consolidate Peace, and Stabilize the Economy. The NDS expounds national aspirations to transition from dependence on humanitarian aid to a development path using the humanitarian, development and peace nexus approach. It also contributes to meet the targets established under South Sudan's second NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions), and especially those addressing the agriculture and livestock sectors (i.e. \"From a climate change adaptation standpoint, promotion of climate resilient agricultural and livestock management practices, water harvesting and diversification of livelihoods of pastoralists and communities dependent on agriculture\")."}, {"bbox": [96, 687, 1134, 900], "category": "Text", "text": "At sector level, the Action aligns with the Government of South Sudan **Comprehensive Agriculture Master Plan (CAMP)**³ and **Irrigation Development Master Plan (IDMP)**⁴, which cover the period 2015-2040. CAMP-IDMP were developed with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and with additional support from the EU and other donors. These overarching national agriculture development plans cover multiple subsectors (crops, livestock, fishery, forestry and institutional development in the case of CAMP; irrigation and water management for IDMP) and are closely coordinated with the policies and strategies of several key line Ministries: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MoAF), Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MoLF), and Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), and Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MoWRI)."}, {"bbox": [85, 954, 323, 985], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 1020, 234, 1046], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 1066, 1134, 1253], "category": "Text", "text": "Following decades of civil war and strife, South Sudan experienced peace and stability following the attainment of independence in July 2011. This was however short-lived, and the outbreak of conflict in 2013 and 2016 (as a result of a split in Government) resulted in large-scale internal and cross-border displacement (including estimated 114.000 of people newly displaced from Sudan), with thousands reported deaths. Following the signing of the Revitalised Peace Agreement in September 2018 by the major warring parties, and the subsequent formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGNU) in February 2020, there have been significant improvements in the security situation in the country, especially at national level."}, {"bbox": [96, 1278, 1134, 1488], "category": "Text", "text": "Despite these positive developments, the implementation of the peace agreement resolutions has been painstakingly slow, with most milestones and targets missed. For instance (according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in South Sudan, and under the peace agreement) a Hybrid Court; a Commission for Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing (CTRH); and a reparations process should have been established more than two years ago. Critical aspects of the peace agreement, including the unification of security forces, have been plagued by persistent disputes between the parties on allocation of ratios of representation and resources. There has also been failures to meet deadlines set for critical reforms and the establishment of the transitional justice bodies."}, {"bbox": [85, 1572, 831, 1598], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² Government of South Sudan. 2021. Revised National Development Strategy 2021-2024."}, {"bbox": [85, 1598, 739, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ Government of South Sudan. 2015 Comprehensive Agricultural Master Plan."}, {"bbox": [85, 1622, 702, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ Government of South Sudan. 2015. Irrigation Development Master Plan."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 6 of 39"}]