research proposal

Enabling the people of juba adopt of modern Agriculture and youth engagement

Promoters; Save the lives of wanaichi (SLW) Agricultural project

Email address: juma2021@gmail.com

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Project coverage: Juba rural areas

Summary of amount of funds

Project cost: 19,489,125, south Sudanese pound

Project Duration: Two years

Juma

Project MANAGER,

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

Project rational 4

General objective. 4

2.0 Project organization and management 4

2.1 scope of the project 5

2.1.1 Geographical scope of the project 5

2.1.2 Time scope. 5

2.1.2 Goals. 5

2.1.3 Time line. 5

2.1.4 Deliverables of a project 5

2.2 Project Organization. 5

Responsibilities of the organizational management 5

Assistant manager 5

Data analysis team. 5

2.2 Strategic intervention. 6

3.0 Project monitoring and evaluation. 6

3.1 What will be monitored and how.. 7

3.2 How will the monitored be done. 7

3.3 Logical frame work. 8

Problem Tree. 9

Project sustainability. 10

5.0 organization structure. 10

6.0 Risk management 11

7.0 Budget 11

BUDGET ESTIMATES. 11

Introduction

Juba is the capital and largest city of south Sudan. The challenge of poverty faced by Juba county is not different from the other parts of Sudan, only that since Juba is most densely populated area of south Sudan the level of poverty is heavily realized due to the fact that Juba faces many challenges which are all brought about by excessive poverty in the county some of the manifested of poverty in Juba town  include; malnutrition of young children, poor agricultural yields by the farmers in the area, and excessive lack of food, As a consequence, Juba remains caught in a web of fragility, economic stagnation, and instability a decade after independence. Poverty is ubiquitous and has been reinforced by a history of conflict, displacement, and shocks.

The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the central Equatorial state. It is the world’s newest capital city, and had a population of 525,953 in 2017. It has an area of 52 km² (20 sq mi), with the metropolitan area covering 336 km² (130 sq mi). Juba was established in 1920–21 by the church Missionary society (CMS) in a small Bari village, also called Juba. The city was made as the capital of Mongalla Province in the late 1920s. The growth of the town accelerated following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, which made Juba the capital of the Autonomous government of south Sudan Juba became the capital of South Sudan in 2011 after it Independence.

Poverty in Juba has mainly been orchestrated by fragility of the government of south sudan despite the signing of the latest truce in September 2018 and subsequent formation of a unity government in February 2020 which had provided hope for recovery and peace building. Conflict events decreased significantly in 2019, allowing some refugees previously dispersed in the region to return.  At the same time, a resumption of oil production in oil fields previously shutdown due to conflict had raised hopes for an oil-led recovery. However, the country faces the risk of reversal of these gains, with increasing incidents of subnational violence in 2020 and COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic exacerbating an already dire situation.

Though the country as w hole close to 8.3 million people in South Sudan are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021. These include 8,000,000 nationals and 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers. This is an 800,000 increase in absolute numbers from the 7.5 million people in need in 2020. The increase in needs is largely driven by the rising food insecurity.

The rising food insecurity in Juba city therefore is the main basis on which this project is developed into in order to enable the people of Juba to food in the table and enable them to engage in productive and prevent the vicious cycle of poverty.

Juba like most poor cities has a large labor force (about 50% of the population is aged between 15-64), and households in which there is at least one dependent person for every able-bodied person; large family size, average of eight members, where close to 70% of the heads of households have never Labor market conditions in South Sudan are precarious. Adding the inactive population and the unemployed population as a percentage of the total working age population indicates that 73% of the South Sudanese aged 15-65 is not working. The rate of unemployment, that is the unemployed population as a percentage of the active population, is about 11.5% (10.8% for men and 12.2% for women). The army of young men either inactive or unemployed could be a source of social unrest and instability in Juba and Lack of employment opportunities is one of the causes of poverty in Juba while Women in Juba, as in other poor regions, have lower labor market participation rates compared to their male counterparts and even among those employed, most are unpaid family worker. Clearly, disparities between male and female-headed households in poverty levels are rooted in their disparate positions in the labor market.

The Advent of COVID-19 as  a global pandemic has battered the economy of Juba city and has made the population more vulnerable this has specifically worsened poverty and hunger the COVID-19 restriction made the almost the collapse of the struggling Business in Juba. Most of the Business in Juba specifically the saloons, restaurants and Bars have collapsed, this therefore raises question as to what could be done in order to revive the life of the people of Juba so as they could start a life of productivity.

Project rational

Given the fact that more than 80% of the people in Juba are living on less than a Dollar a Day it is therefore imperative to start up a project aimed at fighting poverty, though the causes of poverty are wide, however it is imperative to do however small it may be to be in position to fight the vicious cycle of poverty. The main challenge with the poverty in Juba is that it is wide spread in all ages of the population and it order to reverse the level of poverty , the project of Juba Together For poverty alleviation , has been formed in order to stop the vicious cycle of poverty from spreading to the next generation in the Juba city.

General objective

The main objective of the project is to improve the livelihood of small holder farmers and also train the youths in farming with in Juba in order to fight against hunger and poverty.

Project Purpose:

Generally the main purpose of the project is to enable the people of Juba adopt a new and better way of agriculture and increase the output and improved the livelihood of the people around.

Specific Objectives

The provide quality seedlings to the farmers of Juba.

To form farmers groups and mobilize funds and buy an agricultural tractor to the people of Juba

The improve the incomes of people of Juba.

To train youths to engage in productive activities and stop criminal activities

Activities

-Organize farmers in groups.

-Mobilize funds from donors and farmers to buy a tractor to enable farmers produce enough food.

-To train farmers on selection of quality seedlings to enable them in the fight against poverty and hunger.

Training the youths on the need to engage on productive activities like agriculture

2.0 Project organization and management

Scope, budget, timeline, and, and it’s essential for keeping a project on tract.

2.1 scope of the project

The scope of the project will include both the area of coverage and the time

2.1.1 Geographical scope of the project

The project will include the Agricultural Communities near Juba County.

2.1.2 Time scope

The study will be carried out for a period of two years.

2.1.2 Goals

The Goal of the project is to enable the communities in Juba County to be self-sufficient in food production and enable them fight hunger and poverty.

2.1.3 Time line

The project will be carried out strictly for two years.

2.1.4 Deliverables of a project

The project will specifically ensure that it engages with the farmers in the area to ensure that Near Juba city. These area is responsible for the food production for Juba city residents.

2.2 Project Organization

The project will consist of the following key people

Responsibilities of the organizational management

Project manager

The project manager is responsible for overall management of the team including initiating the project and closing the project.

Assistant manager

The assistant manager is to represent the project manager incase in matters relating to the project in case the manager is not able to be present themselves.

Data analysis team.

This is the team responsible for the analysis of data

Interviewers

This the team responsible for Interviewing the respondents in the study in order to find out what is happening in the field and also enable the organization achieve its goals.

Typist

The typist is responsible for presenting the results of the project to the project manager

2.2 Strategic intervention

The management will divide the responsibilities to the management in line with the goals of the project.

3.0 Project monitoring and evaluation

The project will use a logic frame work to monitor the progress of the project

The evaluation logical frame work

3.1 What will be monitored and how

The project manager will monitor if the following ways;

• The project will monitored if there is Improvement in the livelihood of people of Juba.
• If there is access to seedlings by farmers
• If there is improved agricultural performance

3.2 How will the monitored be done.

The project manager will use the Interviewers to interview the farmers near Juba city to find out how they are doing their agricultural practices.

3.3 Logical frame work

Problem Tree

Objective tree

Project sustainability

Sustainability is concerned with measuring whether the benefits of an activity are likely to continue after donor funding has been withdrawn. Projects need to be environmentally as well as financially sustainable.

When evaluating the sustainability of or a project, it is useful to consider the following questions:

• Are the funds available for the project to continue for the foreseeable future?
• To what extent did the benefits of a project continue after donor funding ceased?
• What were the major factors which influenced the achievement or non-achievement of sustainability of the project?

In order to ensure sustainability of this project the following activities will be performed

• The project will take a short time
• The project will ensure that it acquires the necessary funds
• The project will ensure that the number of staff used are few and have the necessary skills required

5.0 organization structure

Organizational chart

6.0 Risk management

The following will be the risk management strategies of the project

• Employing the technical team
• Seeking permission from the relevant authorities
• Seeking security from the police so as to not be labeled as rebels during the research
• All team members must have masks when going to the field

7.0 Budget

BUDGET ESTIMATES