{"id":20297,"date":"2024-05-07T13:54:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=20297"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T13:55:51","slug":"grain-prices-in-western-equatoria-state-in-south-sudan-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/grain-prices-in-western-equatoria-state-in-south-sudan-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Grain prices in Western Equatoria State in South Sudan fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grain prices in Western Equatoria State in South Sudan<\/u><\/a> under the World Food Program (WFP)\u2019s buying initiative have fallen to $300 a tonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers blame this state of events to middlemen who buy on behalf of WFP, thereby losing $100 a tonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Anthony Ezekiel of Yambio Farmers and Business Cooperative on May 1, 2024, the current price fell from the original $400 a tonne of 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that indirect buying on behalf of WFP\u2019s Smallholder Agriculture Market Support program has occasioned the farm-gate drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better Maize Production<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All the same, most locals of Yambio admit that the coming of WFP\u2019s farmer support has advanced their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the program, they would produce maize in bulk and it would not find a direct market. Now, however, they are able to diversify and get decent quotations from WFP under Germany government\u2019s funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that WFP purchases 455 tonnes from family farmers, this in turn boosts production in Western Equatoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers told One Citizen Daily newspaper on May 6, 2024 how they now reap thirty-nine\u00a050-kilo sacks<\/u><\/a>\u00a0instead of one. They attribute the increase to a ready market, which encourages more productivity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free Market Prices Up<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, grain producers can count on currency depreciation and tight supplies to sell their maize expensively in non-WFP markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2024, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reported that maize prices in South Sudan <\/u><\/a>were already up by 70-90%<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 50 kg bag of maize sold at an average SSP 55,000 ($422.4), equivalent to SSP 1,100 ($8.45) per kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the government set up cheap grain stores in Juba that charged SSP 30,000<\/u><\/a> ($230.4) per 50 kg of maize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Sudan is an extra source of cereals for the East African market. Production was highest in 2022 at 936,200 tonnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grain prices in Western Equatoria State in South Sudan under the World Food Program (WFP)\u2019s buying initiative have fallen to $300 a tonne. Farmers blame this state of events to middlemen who buy on behalf of WFP, thereby losing $100 a tonne. 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