News Archive - 2009
Southern Sudan: Farmers Research Extension Groups update
As part of our work in Southern Sudan, FARM-Africa is setting up Farmers Research Extension Groups (FREGs). These groups provide farmers with a way to research suitable crops and vegetables to grow, and to share their learnings with other farmers in the community.
When we last updated you in June 2009, the new planting season was fast approaching and the FREG members were being trained on vegetable production and provided with seeds and tools to coincide with the new planting season.
As a response to the unreliable rains experienced in this area, all of the FREGs chose to grow groundnuts. Groundnuts are drought resistant, meaning farmers were able to reduce the risk of losing their crops to drought. Each group is also trialling some different crops including maize, soya beans, okra and sorghum.
Since June, two new FREGs have been set up. This brings the total number of FREGs to eight, with a total of 83 members. Each of these members has at least five other people whom they work together with on their farm, meaning a total of 498 households are benefiting from this aspect of the project.
Kuajok FREG member weeding groundnuts
Comments
good job keep it up there is hope now for people to come out of dependancy in southern sudan
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