Kenyan Equity Bank to give loans to farmers to boost agricultural production Sudan Radio Service Juba, 22/05/12 - Equity Bank in partnership with CAMRIS, an international organization says they will help farmers by proving them loans to produce enough food. The Senior Technical Advisor for CAMRIS International, Amy Kay spoke to SRS on Monday after meeting members of the South Sudan General Farmers Union. [Amy Kay]: “Part of this will be loans; part of it will be small grants. We also hope that we can provide grants to the Farmer’s Union themselves so that they can facilitate some of the infrastructure needs and some of the resource needs, some of the mechanized farming needs, seeds and other necessities be more specific need on the ground. We also know there is a lot of challenge in South Sudan and we are looking forward to work with the union, some of the talented farmers in the community.” Members of the union have blamed the Ministry of Agriculture for not providing them with tractors that they claim are not being used. Since the oil shut down in January, the government has been calling on people to embark on farming as an alternative to fill the gap created by the loss of oil revenue.
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