State Minister for Agriculture and CDTY Bishop Inspects SARD Institute in Support of Changing Social and Economic Condition of Society Through Agriculture
By Baraka John
The State Minister of Agriculture and the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tambura -Yambio on Tuesday 20th June 2023 morning, paid an inspection visit to the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development (SARD) to inspect the practical learning of different components of agriculture.
Hon. Alison Barnaba and His Lordship Barani Edwardo Hiiboro met with the students of SARD Institute and encouraged them to commit to agricultural work as one way to alleviate hunger in the community.
In his message of encouragement, Hon. Alison Barnaba called upon the students to use the skills they are acquiring in the field to change the style of farming system in the State.
The minister expresses his ministry’s readiness to work hand in hand with the SARD institute to promote and encourage farming in the state through acquiring modern skills in agriculture.
“What we are after is, we are trying to increase our productivity of agriculture, and this has been our policy that all South Sudanese must engage in business agriculture farming. We need our people to be rich, to be able to pay school fees of their kids, maintain their lives, and even donate relief assistance to other countries” Minister Barnaba stated.
The minister added, “This is purely the initiative of the Catholic Church to support the poor people, to overcome poverty in the region by only to farming oil will never last for a hundred years but agricultural farming will last for a hundred years”.
Meanwhile, Barani Edwardo Hiiboro welcomed the visit of the agriculture minister to see for himself the development at the institute, he noted, the SARD institute aims to bring peace to the community through cultivation to fight out hunger.
“The common enemy is hunger, if everybody is eating, there will be no conflict, so this is a farm for peace, these students are working to bring peace to the Country. We as the diocese open up to collaborate with the State Ministry of Agriculture because we want to educate everybody to produce enough food in our State”, Bishop Hiiboro explained.
SARD Institute is an initiative of the CDTY initiated in 2021, with the sole objective to transform a peaceful, food secure, and economically enable society through improved modern sustainable agriculture for rural development.