1. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN
Presentation on:
Government initiatives to address drought shocks and
potential for livestock insurance

2. 1. Introduction Livestock contribution to GDP 15%.
Estimated asset value 2.2 USD billion
Highest per capita holding in Africa.
Livestock production system:
Extensive, and transhumant
Cattle: million heads
Sheep: 12.1 million heads
Goats: million heads
Chicken: 5 million units
Pigs: ,000
Camel: 700
and donkeys: Not known

3. Livelihood zones (

4. January 2019 IPC: food insecurity

5. Main drivers of food insecurity in South Sudan
Conflict: national/ inter communal/ intra communal including intensification of cattle raids
Economic crisis:
Disrupted trade routes: livestock : grain
Food price hikes
High inflation rate
Climatic shocks: drought, dry spells and floods;
Other shocks: pests and diseases
Increasing poverty (82% officially poor) & rising vulnerability:
Loss of capital assets / limited coping mechanism

6. Government initiatives to address drought shocks
1. Comprehensive Agriculture Master Plan (CAMP)
CAMP Investment Plan (Food Security, resilience, poverty alleviation, recovery etc)
short-term, medium-term and long-term
Irrigation Development Master Plan (IDMP)
Development of Livestock Water Resources
Development of irrigation for crops and forage
Due to insecurity most investments are humanitarian and emergency response

7. Government initiatives to address drought shocks
IDDRSI framework/Strategy being adopted through a comprehensive Country Programming Paper (CPP) to achieve drought resilience.
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management ( DRR Strategy)

8. Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction
Agro-pastoralist identifying hazard and developing DRR action plans to respond to disasters mainly drought.
Most livelihood and resilience projects integrate CMDRR in Agro-pastoral Field School.

9. Potential for livestock insurance
National Livestock Development Policy (draft)
Livestock insurance is a key policy area.
Objective: To increase pastoralists’ resilience to all shocks.
Policy statement: The government shall
Support livestock insurance schemes that protect pastoralists, market-oriented livestock producers and beekeepers from unforeseen risks and disasters
Establish livestock disease monitoring and surveillance and early warning systems at county level to fast-track data col. reporting.
Establish an appropriate legal and regulatory framework.

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