Policy Framework and Strategic Plans of the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries.

The Policy Framework and Strategic Plans is a sectoral and agency-specific document containing policy framework and strategic plans for the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (MARF) and its Directorates. The document applies to the period 2012-2016. According to the document, the role of the MARF is to guide, regulate, promote, facilitate and document sustainable increases in production and productivity in the livestock and fisheries sectors through the provision of services to livestock producers and fisher-folk, encouraging increased commercialization of livestock and fisheries enterprises, promoting improved quality and value addition to livestock and fisheries products, facilitating access to credit and local and international markets, with the aim of harnessing the vast wealth of livestock and fisheries resources in the Republic of South Sudan and to support improved food security, poverty alleviation and socio-economic development of the people of South Sudan.
The Ministry comprises 9 Directorates whose mandates and missions are provided as follows: (1) Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Documentation which shall facilitate achievement of optimal results from public and private investments in livestock and fisheries through development, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of responsive sector policies, strategies and programmes; (2) Directorate of States and Special Projects Coordination which shall promote, with all stakeholders, the adoption of a national agenda for livestock and fisheries development and to foster collaboration between MARF and the ten State MARFs, ensuring that the focus of livestock and fisheries development is in the State Counties, and that all States of the Republic of South Sudan are equitable participants in livestock and fisheries projects in which MARF has a stake; (3) Directorate of Administration, Finance and Human Resource Development that will provide efficient and effective services delivery, whilst countering corruption and sustaining amicable inter-personal relations in the conduct of official Government business; (4) Directorate of Investment, Marketing and Supplies which shall manage the MARF livestock and fisheries inputs, identification/promotion of sector investment opportunities, development of marketing facilities and the development, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of responsive sector policies, strategies and programs to facilitate achievement of optimal results from public and private investments in livestock and fisheries for the benefit of the economy and people of the Republic of South Sudan; (5) Directorate of Animal Production and Range Management which will support sustainable development of the livestock industry, through the application of appropriate animal production technologies and skills, and in collaboration with stakeholders; (6) Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development which will increase and sustain fisheries production and utilization through management of capture fisheries, while promoting aquaculture and reducing post-harvest losses, thus ensuring food security, generation of income, creation of employment, whilst maintaining conservation of the fisheries resources for sustainable development; (7) Directorate of Veterinary Services which will efficiently provide, facilitate and support veterinary services delivery nationwide, safeguard animal and human health, implement and enforce agreed Government and international standards, laws and regulations governing professionalism, services delivery and use; (8) Directorate of Livestock and Fisheries Extension which will support the establishment of a participatory, demand-driven, pluralistic and sustainable livestock and fisheries extension system that provides efficient and effective needs-based extension services to all categories of livestock producer and fisher-folk; (9) Directorate of Animal and Fisheries Research and Development which will support the establishment of a participatory, demand-driven, pluralistic and sustainable livestock and fisheries research system.