The Approach of Aweil Rice Scheme Production

Concerning the approach of Aweil Rice Scheme Production, there were several factors that had been mentioned for the failure of Aweil Rice Development Project (ARDP). Aweil Rice Development Project since its inception had a lot of hurdles such as remoteness of the area, lack of transport, no enough agricultural machinery, lack of adequate and skilled personnel, lack of fertilizers, and the wars of 1955-1972 and 1983-2005; combined together has made the Project not to fulfill the objectives it was established.
The planned area to be cultivated was not fully utilized only a small acreage and this has made the produce to be small. The number of employees was small as well as the machinery to cultivate the envisaged area of 22,000 feddans. The yield was small as there were no enough implements of agricultural machinery and proper agricultural practices.
The objective of the study is first, to find out whether production of rice was going on well or there were some challenges; and to examine the variation in the quantity of yield of the production level in Aweil Rice Scheme. In this study, survey design was used by collecting data using questionnaire, interviews and observation. The study population was only on assessed population of the South Sudan members working in Aweil Rice Scheme and the implied population was (240), the sample size was (120) respondents. The instruments for the research were the questionnaire, interview schedules and observation. The result of the findings were that: a larger quantity of production in Aweil Rice Scheme can provide national need; surplus for export and expected productivity and the reasons for choosing rice as the only crop to be produced instead of diversifying the production of various crops was due to suitability of land, and plenty of water and many others. Therefore, if the government of South Sudan and their partners focus much on Aweil Rice Scheme Production, then there will be availability of much food and hunger could be below Zero in South Sudan.

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