Agricultural Market and Enterprise Development (AMED) Program

Prime Implementing Organization:
Winrock International

VEGA’s Agricultural Market and Enterprise Development (AMED) program is designed to help achieve comprehensive economic recovery and growth in the presently fragile state of the Southern Sudan, through the following project activities:

• capacity building in agricultural and natural resources systems;
• direct support to private enterprises and producers;
• support to governmental and non-governmental agencies that must facilitate recovery;
• assistance to the GOSS in strengthening its economic policies and support systems; and
• drawing upon the skills and participation of the Southern Sudan’s Diaspora to assist in economic development.

Program Objective

As Southern Sudan emerges from a period of conflict, it is essential to rebuild its private sector, strengthening its domestic and international trade capacities to lay the basis for an effectively functioning economy. To this end, AMED has three primary objectives:

• Improve the productivity and competitiveness of Southern Sudan private enterprises;>
• Establish Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) policy, regulatory, and investment plans supportive of growth and private sector productivity and trade; and
• Establish institutions and programs to increase the competitiveness of Southern Sudan’s agriculture and industry.

VEGA will draw upon its five implementing member organizations’ existing field capabilities and will hire a highly experienced and skilled full-time field staff for management and logistics that will be based in Southern Sudan and in Nairobi, Kenya.

Additional Information

Sudan Agricultural Market and Development Program Press Release- pdf»

Sudan Agricultural Market and Development Program Brochure- pdf»