South Sudan Joins High-Level EAC Talks to Advance Regional Food Security and Agricultural Trade
South Sudan’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Clement Juma Mbugoniwia, is leading a high-level government delegation to the 19th East African Community (EAC) Sectoral Council on Agriculture and Food Security in Dar es Salaam, where regional ministers are meeting to strengthen agricultural cooperation and improve food security across East Africa.
In a post in the Ministry’s official page The delegation includes Undersecretary for Food Security Dr. Michael Roberto Kenyi, Director of Agriculture Field Crops Production Alfred Wani, who also serves as the country’s EAC focal person, and Deputy Director for Planning and Programming Angelo Joseph Lemor.
The delegation was received upon arrival by South Sudan’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Gloria John Mambia, and officials from the country’s embassy in Dar es Salaam.
The annual EAC ministerial meeting brings together agriculture ministers and senior officials from member states to coordinate regional policies aimed at improving food production, harmonizing agricultural standards, and addressing food and nutrition security challenges.
This year’s council places particular emphasis on strengthening regional integration by expanding cross-border agricultural trade and improving market access for farmers across the bloc.
During the meeting, Minister Mbugoniwia and his regional counterparts are expected to review policies on intra-EAC agricultural exports, sanitary and phytosanitary standards, and measures to eliminate non-tariff barriers that continue to restrict the free movement of agricultural products within the region.
The outcomes of the council are expected to support closer regional cooperation and enhance efforts to build resilient food systems while creating new opportunities for agricultural trade among EAC member states.
