The Canadian Economic Development Assistance for South Sudan (CEDASS) is a privately funded Canadian registered charity and a registered NGO in South Sudan[1] It was founded in 2005 by British entrepreneur David Tennant and other Canadian philanthropists.[2][3]
The charity's goal was to disseminate modern farming techniques among the population of South Sudan. With support from President Salva Kiir, the organization set up in 2006 set a farm in Juba County (now Jubek State), named the Jebel Lado Farm Project after a nearby hillock (12 km to the west) that dominates the landscape. The farm is located at 5°04′52″N 31°41′11″E / 5.081034°N 31.686283°E, about 28 km north by northeast from Juba and 12 km from Mongalla, between the White Nile and the Koda River, straddling the New and Old Juba-Yei roads.[4]
As of 2011, the Jebel Lado farm had secured from the government a concession for 12,200 acres.[5] From a 50-acre crop in 2008,[6] it has expanded to 1,200 acres by 2018, including white corn, which is sold to the World Food Programme, along with sorghum, rice and vegetables.[7] It has since added a school and a medical and health post, and partnered with the Israel-based Green Horizon project[1] of the Global Group[8] for management and security. As of 2018, the farm employed 50 permanent local farm workers and another 50 to 100 seasonal workers, mainly members of the Bari tribe.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "Our Vision" page at the CEDASS website (Archived). Accessed on 2019-06-04.
- ^ Peter Mackay (2011): "Notes for an address by the Honourable minister of Foreign Affairs ... to Canadian Economic DevelopmentAssistance for Southern Sudan (CEDASS)". Government of Canada website, accessed on 2019-06-04.
- ^ Dadid Tennant (2012): "testimony to Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development", House of Commons of Canada, number 32, 1st session, 41st Parliament, April 23, 2012.
- ^ "CEDASS Farm Project". Google Maps, accessed on 2019-06-04.
- ^ David K. Deng (2011): "The New Frontier - A baseline survey of large-scale land-based investment in Southern Sudan", page 16. Report 1/11, Norwegian People's Aid website, accessed on 2019-06-04.
- ^ Declan Kelly (2011) "Guelph Grads Make a Difference ─ Farming in Sudan". University of Guelph website, accessed on 2019-06-04.
- ^ a b Hank Daniszewski (2018) "South Sudanese farm founded by Londoners survives ongoing war". London Free Press website, accessed on 2019-06-04.
- ^ "Food Security & Agriculture - Green Horizon". Global Group website, accessed on 2019-06-04.
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