S. Sudan, UN launches parliamentary alliance on food, nutrition security

South Sudan and UN have partnered and launched the parliamentary alliance for food security and nutrition at the country’s capital Juba.

The platform aims to form ways on the right to adequate food and promotion of investments in food and nutrition security. It will further see through the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) to perform a critical role in ensuring legislation, resource allocation and oversight, all of which are essential for raising food security and nutrition as a national priority.

Parliamentary alliance

Under the program, policy gaps and legislation focusing on the advancement of food security and nutrition will be addressed, scaling up budgetary allocation and investments. The UN Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are supporting the parliamentary alliance to advocate for budgetary increment and investments in agriculture, food security and nutrition. parliamentarians will be empowered on the importance of food security and nutrition.

“Food security and good nutrition are part of South Sudan’s top priorities. Adequate food will spur economic growth, employment, and industrial base, and usher in a vibrant country,” said Jemma Nunu Kumba, the speaker of the TNLA during the launch.

The alliance’s launch came as South Sudan continues grappling with persistent food and nutrition insecurity stemming largely from a combination of multi-year climate shocks, conflict, and socioeconomic insecurity.